St. Hilaire, Minnesota
| St. Hilaire, Minnesota | |
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| City | |
 Location of St. Hilaire, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 48°0′47″N 96°12′51″W / 48.01306°N 96.21417°WCoordinates: 48°0′47″N 96°12′51″W / 48.01306°N 96.21417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Pennington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2) |
| • Land | 0.77 sq mi (1.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,089 ft (332 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 279 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 277 |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 27-57022 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0650607 |
St. Hilaire is a city in section 6 of River Falls Township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 279 at the 2010 census.
St. Hilaire was platted in 1882 and incorporated as a village on the auspicious date of July 4, 1883. Also on that date, St. Hilaire had rail service for the first time, as the Great Northern Railway opened a branch line from Crookston, Minnesota through Shirley, seven miles north of Crookston, Dorothy and Ives Station, to St. Hilaire.
St. Hilaire received its name in one of three ways:
Harry Ives was also the publisher of the St. Hilaire Spectator, the first newspaper to serve this community. The Spectator was published from 1883 to 1942, when it closed and sold its subscription list to the Thief River Falls Times.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.15 km2), of which 0.77 square miles (1.99 km2) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 279 people, 123 households, and 71 families residing in the city. The population density was 362.3 inhabitants per square mile (139.9/km2). There were 131 housing units at an average density of 170.1 per square mile (65.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 1.1% Native American, 0.7% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.
There were 123 households of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.3% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.87.
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