Millerville, Minnesota
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Millerville is a city in Douglas County
, Minnesota
, United States
. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.
, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land.
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% White, 0.87% 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.
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.
Douglas County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,821 people, 13,276 households, and 9,027 families residing in the county. The population density was 52 people per square mile . There were 16,694 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
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. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 115 people, 47 households, and 31 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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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% White, 0.87% 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
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
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
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
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.