Millerville, Minnesota

Millerville, Minnesota
City

Location of Millerville, Minnesota
Coordinates: 46°3′59″N 95°33′41″W / 46.06639°N 95.56139°W
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Douglas
Area[1]
 • Total 0.86 sq mi (2.23 km2)
 • Land 0.86 sq mi (2.23 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 1,391 ft (424 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 106
 • Estimate (2012[3]) 105
 • Density 123.3/sq mi (47.6/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code 27-42254[4]
GNIS feature ID 0647885[5]

Millerville is a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.86 square miles (2.23 km2), all of it land.[1]

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 106 people, 45 households, and 27 families residing in the city. The population density was 123.3 inhabitants per square mile (47.6/km2). There were 49 housing units at an average density of 57.0 per square mile (22.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White and 0.9% from two or more races.

There were 45 households of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.0% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.96.

The median age in the city was 40.5 years. 18.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 25.4% were from 45 to 64; and 18.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

2000 census

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 115 people, 47 households, and 31 families residing in the city. The population density was 131.9 people per square mile (51.0/km²). There were 54 housing units at an average density of 62.0 per square mile (24.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.39% African American0.87% Native American, and 1.74% from two or more races.

There were 47 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,063, and the median income for a family was $38,125. Males had a median income of $23,125 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,322. There were 6.7% of families and 12.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including 11.4% of under eighteens and 50.0% of those over 64.

History

Millerville got its name because it was once the home of one of the first mills in Minnesota.

The miller, Ferdinand Dobmeyer, was an immigrant from Austria in the late 1800s with his father at the age of 12. Together with his father, he started milling grain for local farmers for miles around which earned the city its current name.

Ferdinand and his father brought with them a piece of Austria in the form of a sapling which he planted in what is now the church cemetery. When Ferdinand's father suffered an untimely demise, Ferdinand buried him to the foot of his special tree. Later in life Ferdinand lost his young wife, Anna Kotchever Dobmeyer and five children to the flu epidemic in the early 1900s, leaving him to raise the remaining 8 children alone.

Ferdinand in turn buried his wife and five children at the foot of that very same tree opposite his parent's graves. Ferdinand himself was buried at the foot of his tree when he passed in the 1960s with his wife on one side and the five children who died with her between them.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  6. ↑ "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

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