Editing Grand Meadow, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Grand Meadow, Minnesota
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|motto                    = "A Great Place to Live"

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower]]

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|postal_code              = 55936
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'''Grand Meadow''' is a city in [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The city is on the boundary between [[Grand Meadow Township, Minnesota|Grand Meadow Township]] and [[Frankford Township, Minnesota|Frankford Township]], and it is politically independent of both [[civil township|township]]s. The population was 1,127 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
Grand Meadow was [[plat]]ted in 1870, and named for the prairies near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n379 360]}}</ref>

==Geography==
Grand Meadow is in eastern Mower County and is bordered to the west by [[Grand Meadow Township, Mower County, Minnesota|Grand Meadow Township]] and to the east by [[Frankford Township, Mower County, Minnesota|Frankford Township]]. [[Minnesota State Highway 16]] runs along the city's northern border, leading west {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Dexter, Minnesota|Dexter]] and east {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Spring Valley, Minnesota|Spring Valley]]. [[Austin, Minnesota|Austin]], the Mower [[county seat]], is {{convert|21|mi}} to the west.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Grand Meadow has an area of {{convert|0.68|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> The city sits on a low ridge that drains northwest toward the South Fork of Bear Creek and southeast toward Deer Creek. The two creeks flow east and join at [[Fillmore, Minnesota|Fillmore]] to form the Middle Branch of the [[Root River (Minnesota)|Root River]], a tributary of the [[Mississippi River]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Grand Meadow, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1891&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 57
|Feb record high F = 63
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 107
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 64

|Jan avg record high F = 40.0
|Feb avg record high F = 43.3
|Mar avg record high F = 61.7
|Apr avg record high F = 77.3
|May avg record high F = 85.6
|Jun avg record high F = 89.8
|Jul avg record high F = 90.0
|Aug avg record high F = 88.1
|Sep avg record high F = 85.5
|Oct avg record high F = 79.4
|Nov avg record high F = 62.4
|Dec avg record high F = 44.8
|year avg record high F = 92.4

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =20.9
| Feb high F  =25.3
| Mar high F  =37.9
| Apr high F  =53.5
| May high F  =66.1
| Jun high F  =76.2
| Jul high F  =79.3
| Aug high F  =77.4
| Sep high F  =71.1
| Oct high F  =57.2
| Nov high F  =40.6
| Dec high F  =27.1
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| Jan mean F  =12.7
| Feb mean F  =16.8
| Mar mean F  =29.0
| Apr mean F  =42.7
| May mean F  =55.2
| Jun mean F  =66.0
| Jul mean F  =69.0
| Aug mean F  =66.7
| Sep mean F  =59.4
| Oct mean F  =46.2
| Nov mean F  =32.0
| Dec mean F  =19.6
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =4.6
| Feb low F  =8.2
| Mar low F  =20.1
| Apr low F  =31.9
| May low F  =44.3
| Jun low F  =55.7
| Jul low F  =58.6
| Aug low F  =56.0
| Sep low F  =47.8
| Oct low F  =35.3
| Nov low F  =23.4
| Dec low F  =12.2

|Jan avg record low F = -17.4
|Feb avg record low F = -13.6
|Mar avg record low F = -3.8
|Apr avg record low F = 19.8
|May avg record low F = 30.9
|Jun avg record low F = 43.7
|Jul avg record low F = 48.9
|Aug avg record low F = 46.0
|Sep avg record low F = 33.3
|Oct avg record low F = 20.7
|Nov avg record low F = 6.1
|Dec avg record low F = -10.3
|year avg record low F = -20.7

|Jan record low F = -38
|Feb record low F = -36
|Mar record low F = -31
|Apr record low F = 1
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 32
|Jul record low F = 37
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 22
|Oct record low F = -5
|Nov record low F = -16
|Dec record low F = -30

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| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.02
| Feb precipitation inch  =0.87
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.85
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.90
| May precipitation inch  =5.06
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.70
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.66
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.22
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.07
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.95
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.82
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.25

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.5
|Feb precipitation days = 5.4
|Mar precipitation days = 6.9
|Apr precipitation days = 10.7
|May precipitation days = 13.0
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 9.3
|Aug precipitation days = 9.4
|Sep precipitation days = 8.7
|Oct precipitation days = 8.7
|Nov precipitation days = 6.7
|Dec precipitation days = 7.3

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| Jan snow inch  =11.0
| Feb snow inch  =10.8
| Mar snow inch  =8.5
| Apr snow inch  =2.9
| May snow inch  =0.5
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.6
| Nov snow inch  =2.5
| Dec snow inch  =13.8

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 7.0
|Feb snow days = 5.4
|Mar snow days = 3.9
|Apr snow days = 1.6
|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 = 0.5
|Nov snow days = 2.7
|Dec snow days = 6.9

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00213290&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: Grand Meadow, MN
|access-date = May 13, 2023
}}
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|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=arx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS La Crosse
|access-date = May 13, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

===Transportation===
The city is at the intersection of [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower County]] Road 8 and [[Minnesota State Highway 16]]. It was served by the [[Milwaukee Road]] railroad until the late 1970s.

===Parks===
Parks in the city are:
*Pine Lawn, east of town on State Highway 16
*City Park, on 1st Avenue SE
*Veterans Memorial Park, on the site of the old Grand Meadow school
*Grand Meadow School park, at the school

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 374
|1890= 373
|1900= 477
|1910= 552
|1920= 579
|1930= 585
|1940= 700
|1950= 766
|1960= 837
|1970= 869
|1980= 965
|1990= 967
|2000= 945
|2010= 1139
|2020= 1127
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
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===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]]|access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,139 people, 454 households, and 287 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1700.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 485 housing units at an average density of {{convert|723.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 454 households, of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.8% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% 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 36.3 years. 29% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 21.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 945 people, 395 households, and 233 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|1,470.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 407 housing units at an average density of {{convert|633.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 98.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.11% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.32% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.63% of the population.

There were 395 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,188, and the median income for a family was $46,667. Males had a median income of $29,427 versus $23,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,509.  About 5.9% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Landmarks==

===Grand Meadow Public School===
This is Minnesota's largest monolithic dome school. It houses the K-12 grades from Grand Meadow in five separate domes. The domes are lettered A, B, C, D and E. Dome A is the secondary dome, which has the junior and senior high. Dome B is the [[Academic administration|administrative]] dome with the [[Elementary school|elementary]] and [[High school (North America)|high school]] offices and [[Hybrid library|media center]]. Dome C is the elementary dome with grades [[Pre-K]] through 6. Dome D, the athletics dome, has the gymnasium, wrestling room, and weight room. The arts dome is Dome E, with the band room, art room, and cafetorium. Two purple stripes go around each dome.

===Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall--Booth Post No. 130===
Booth Post No. 130 was once a meeting hall for members of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]]. The hall is apparently one of only two remaining in Minnesota and is on the west side of South Main Street between First Avenue SW and Second Avenue SW. The building is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] because of its architectural and social significance.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota|year=1984|author=Mower County History Committee|publisher=Graphic Pub. Co.|publication-place=Lake Mills, Iowa|lccn=84-062356|oclc=13009348}}

==External links==
* {{Official|www.cityofgrandmeadow.com}}
* [https://grandmeadow.org Friends of Grand Meadow]
* [http://www.gm.k12.mn.us/ Grand Meadow Independent School District]

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[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]