Sanborn, Minnesota
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Sanborn is a city in Redwood County
Redwood County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,815 people, 6,674 households, and 4,524 families residing in the county. The population density was 19 people per square mile . There were 7,230 housing units at an average density of 8 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 339 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all of it land. The Cottonwood River
Cottonwood River (Minnesota)
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 flows through the city.

U.S. Highway 71
U.S. Route 71
U.S. Route 71 is a north–south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways. Currently, the highway's northern terminus is in International Falls, Minnesota at the Canadian border, at the southern end of the Fort...

 runs along the eastern edge of Sanborn, a short distance south of its intersection with U.S. Highway 14
U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14 , an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles , but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles . For much of its length, it runs roughly parallel to Interstate 90.As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in...

.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 434 people, 179 households, and 127 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 203.8 people per square mile (78.7/km²). There were 199 housing units at an average density of 93.4 per square mile (36.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.08% White and 0.92% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 179 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,375, and the median income for a family was $47,813. Males had a median income of $25,682 versus $21,016 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $19,809. About 3.0% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

History

Sanborn was plat
Plat
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ted in 1881 and incorporated November 17, 1891. It was named in honor of Sherburn Sanborn, who for many years was an officer of the Chicago and Northwestern railway company. Sanborn post office
Post office
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was established May 17, 1880.

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