Quamba, Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Quamba is a city in Kanabec County, Minnesota
, United States
. The population was 123 at the 2010 census. It is the only city in Minnesota that begins with the letter Q
.
: zhashkwiimbaakmigaa (fully vocalized as azhashki-wiimbaakamigaa: "be a muddy hole in the ground"). The community was platted in 1901 by Oric Ogilvie Whited, and incorporated as a village on July 11, 1952. Its post office operated 1901–1903 and 1906–1966.
, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land.
Minnesota State Highway 23
serves as a main route in the community.
of 2000, there were 98 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density
was 133.6 people per square mile (51.8/km²). There were 38 housing units at an average density of 51.8 per square mile (20.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.96% White, and 2.04% from two or more races.
There were 33 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples
living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $32,188. Males had a median income of $47,813 versus $28,000 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $15,923. There were 8.0% of families and 7.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
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 123 at the 2010 census. It is the only city in Minnesota that begins with the letter Q
Q
Q is the seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.- History :The Semitic sound value of Qôp was , a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in English or most Indo-European ones...
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History
Quamba was first established in 1882 on the side track of the Great Northern Railway. Originally, the community was called "Mud Creek" after the creek that flows through the community and that the railroad tracks crossed; the Ojibwe population in the area, though, called the creek Basa'igani-ziibiwishenh ("Creek to square Ceder Timbers"), thus call the community Basa'igani-ziibiwishenying ("By the Creek to square Ceder Timbers"). When the depot was built, the name was changed to "Quamba," which according to the railway officials was derived from an Indian word for "mudhole"; most likely the name derives from the Ottawa wordOttawa language
Ottawa is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, spoken by the Ottawa people in southern Ontario in Canada, and northern Michigan in the United States. Descendants of migrant Ottawa speakers live in Kansas and Oklahoma...
: zhashkwiimbaakmigaa (fully vocalized as azhashki-wiimbaakamigaa: "be a muddy hole in the ground"). The community was platted in 1901 by Oric Ogilvie Whited, and incorporated as a village on July 11, 1952. Its post office operated 1901–1903 and 1906–1966.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land.
Minnesota State Highway 23
Minnesota State Highway 23
Minnesota State Highway 23 is a state highway that stretches from southwest to northeast Minnesota. At in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 1....
serves as a main route in the community.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 98 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 133.6 people per square mile (51.8/km²). There were 38 housing units at an average density of 51.8 per square mile (20.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.96% White, and 2.04% from two or more races.
There were 33 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% 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, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $32,188. Males had a median income of $47,813 versus $28,000 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 $15,923. There were 8.0% of families and 7.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.