Editing Brownton, Minnesota

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{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Brownton, Minnesota
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[McLeod County, Minnesota|McLeod]]

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|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Minnesota |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_27.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=January 10, 2024}}</ref>
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 731
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|population_density_km2   = 702.94
|population_density_sq_mi = 1818.41

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|elevation_ft             = 1030
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 55312
|area_code                = [[Area code 320|320]]
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|website                  = {{URL|www.cityofbrownton.com}}
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'''Brownton''' is a city in [[McLeod County, Minnesota|McLeod County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 731 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
Brownton was [[plat]]ted in 1877 and named for Alonzo L. Brown, the original owner of the town site.<ref name="Upham 317">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n336 317]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Brownton since 1878.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=McLeod |title=McLeod County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=19 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117073901/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=McLeod |archivedate=17 January 2016 }}</ref> Brownton was incorporated in 1886.<ref name="Upham 317" />

==Geography==
Brownton is in southwestern McLeod County on the south side of Buffalo Creek, part of the [[Crow River (Minnesota)|Crow River]] watershed leading northeast to the [[Mississippi River]]. [[U.S. Route 212 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 212]] passes just south of the city limits, leading east {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Glencoe, Minnesota|Glencoe]], the [[county seat]], and west {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Stewart, McLeod County, Minnesota|Stewart]]. [[Minnesota State Highway 15]] passes {{convert|1|mi}} west of Brownton, leading north {{convert|11|mi|0}} to [[Hutchinson, Minnesota|Hutchinson]] and south {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Winthrop, Minnesota|Winthrop]].
 
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.40|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Brownton, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2003&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 53
|Feb record high F = 61
|Mar record high F = 79
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 97
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 89
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 55

|Jan avg record high F = 39.2
|Feb avg record high F = 41.8
|Mar avg record high F = 61.5
|Apr avg record high F = 77.9
|May avg record high F = 90.3
|Jun avg record high F = 90.9
|Jul avg record high F = 91.6
|Aug avg record high F = 89.1
|Sep avg record high F = 87.3
|Oct avg record high F = 79.9
|Nov avg record high F = 63.9
|Dec avg record high F = 44.9
|year avg record high F = 94.8

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =21.2
| Feb high F  =25.5
| Mar high F  =38.0
| Apr high F  =54.7
| May high F  =67.9
| Jun high F  =77.4
| Jul high F  =80.9
| Aug high F  =79.1
| Sep high F  =71.7
| Oct high F  =57.6
| Nov high F  =40.4
| Dec high F  =26.4
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =12.3
| Feb mean F  =16.1
| Mar mean F  =29.2
| Apr mean F  =44.1
| May mean F  =57.3
| Jun mean F  =67.5
| Jul mean F  =70.9
| Aug mean F  =68.7
| Sep mean F  =60.5
| Oct mean F  =47.0
| Nov mean F  =31.6
| Dec mean F  =18.5
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =3.4
| Feb low F  =6.8
| Mar low F  =20.4
| Apr low F  =33.5
| May low F  =46.7
| Jun low F  =57.6
| Jul low F  =61.0
| Aug low F  =58.3
| Sep low F  =49.3
| Oct low F  =36.5
| Nov low F  =22.9
| Dec low F  =10.6

|Jan avg record low F = -18.8
|Feb avg record low F = -16.1
|Mar avg record low F = -4.1
|Apr avg record low F = 19.5
|May avg record low F = 33.7
|Jun avg record low F = 47.1
|Jul avg record low F = 51.4
|Aug avg record low F = 48.1
|Sep avg record low F = 35.3
|Oct avg record low F = 20.9
|Nov avg record low F = 5.3
|Dec avg record low F = -11.9
|year avg record low F = -22.6

|Jan record low F = -30
|Feb record low F = -29
|Mar record low F = -19
|Apr record low F = 2
|May record low F = 28
|Jun record low F = 41
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 9
|Nov record low F = -8
|Dec record low F = -31

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| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =0.66
| Feb precipitation inch  =0.84
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.51
| Apr precipitation inch  =2.99
| May precipitation inch  =4.30
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.24
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.53
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.39
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.22
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.63
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.32
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.07
|year precipitation inch = 31.70

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.8
|Feb precipitation days = 4.8
|Mar precipitation days = 6.1
|Apr precipitation days = 8.8
|May precipitation days = 11.0
|Jun precipitation days = 10.9
|Jul precipitation days = 7.5
|Aug precipitation days = 8.9
|Sep precipitation days = 7.8
|Oct precipitation days = 8.1
|Nov precipitation days = 4.5
|Dec precipitation days = 6.4

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| Jan snow inch  =6.9
| Feb snow inch  =11.8
| Mar snow inch  =7.6
| Apr snow inch  =7.0
| May snow inch  =0.1
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.8
| Nov snow inch  =3.6
| Dec snow inch  =12.2
|year snow inch = 50.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.0
|Feb snow days = 4.2
|Mar snow days = 2.1
|Apr snow days = 1.5
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.4
|Nov snow days = 1.8
|Dec snow days = 4.7

|Jan snow depth inch = 11.3
|Feb snow depth inch = 14.1
|Mar snow depth inch = 13.8
|Apr snow depth inch = 4.6
|May snow depth inch = 0.1
|Jun snow depth inch = 0.0
|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0
|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0
|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0
|Oct snow depth inch = 0.2
|Nov snow depth inch = 2.2
|Dec snow depth inch = 10.4
|year snow depth inch = 18.7

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|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00211065&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Brownton, MN
|access-date = February 24, 2023
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|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mpx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Minneapolis
|access-date = February 24, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 75
|1890= 384
|1900= 454
|1910= 509
|1920= 540
|1930= 632
|1940= 723
|1950= 696
|1960= 698
|1970= 688
|1980= 697
|1990= 781
|2000= 807
|2010= 762
|2020= 731
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 762 people, 314 households, and 197 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2005.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 349 housing units at an average density of {{convert|918.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.0% of the population.

There were 314 households, of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.3% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.11.

The median age in the city was 39 years. 25.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.6% male and 50.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 807 people, 313 households, and 210 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,139.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 344 housing units at an average density of {{convert|911.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.99% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.62% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.09% of the population.

There were 313 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,932, and the median income for a family was $48,500. Males had a median income of $32,292 versus $23,177 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,290. About 5.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official|www.cityofbrownton.com}}

{{McLeod County, Minnesota}}
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[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Cities in McLeod County, Minnesota]]