Editing Hawley, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| official_name      = Hawley
| settlement_type    = City
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| motto              = A Family Friendly Community
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| image_caption      = Hawley's former grain elevator (burned down)
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Minnesota]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Clay County, Minnesota|Clay]]
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| population_est     = 2233
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| population_total   = 2219
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| postal_code        = 56549
| area_code          = [[Area code 218|218]]
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'''Hawley''' is a town in [[Clay County, Minnesota|Clay County]], Minnesota, United States, along the [[Buffalo River (Minnesota)|Buffalo River]]. The population was 2,219 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2727746 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The town went through six quick name changes after 1871 until, in 1872, it was finally named after Thomas Hawley Canfield, an officer in the [[Northern Pacific Railway]], which laid out the town.<ref name=Gilman>{{cite book| last =Gilman| first =Rhonda R.| title =The Story of Minnesota's Past| publisher =Minnesota Historical Society Press| year =1989| location =Saint Paul, Minnesota| pages =23–33| isbn =0-87351-267-7}}</ref> General [[George Armstrong Custer|George Custer]] visited the town in 1876. The incident was recalled in [[WCCO Television]]'s short film ''Incident at Hawley'', which aired during America's bicentennial year of 1976.

Hawley was at one time settled by a colony of immigrants from [[Yeovil]], Somerset; among these was [[Elisabeth Chant]], later a painter in [[Minneapolis]].<ref name="myreporter.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.myreporter.com/2009/04/elisabeth-chant/|title=Who is Elisabeth Chant? - MyReporter.com|date=April 22, 2009|access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
Hawley is east of [[Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead]], at the [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] of the [[Buffalo River (Minnesota)|Buffalo River]], [[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|U.S. Route 10]], and the [[Burlington Northern Railroad]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|2.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> A number of pastures and farmlands are nearby.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 77
|1890= 270
|1900= 526
|1910= 800
|1920= 939
|1930= 958
|1940= 1122
|1950= 1196
|1960= 1270
|1970= 1371
|1980= 1634
|1990= 1655
|2000= 1882
|2010= 2067
|2020= 2219
|estyear=2021
|estimate=2233
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=June 8, 2022|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,067 people, 854 households, and 553 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|817.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 891 housing units at an average density of {{convert|352.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 854 households, of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.2% were non-families. 32.1% 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 2.42 and the average family size was 3.03.

The median age in the city was 34.9 years. 29.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.5% were from 25 to 44; 21.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,882 individuals, 744 households, and 514 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|764.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 787 housing units at an average density of {{convert|319.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.46% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 744 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% 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 3.02.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,652, and the [[Median household income|median income]] for a family was $47,188. Males had a median income of $33,333 versus $21,284 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,178. About 7.2% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under the age of 18 and 12.2% of those 65 and older.

==Transportation==
[[Amtrak]]’s ''[[Empire Builder]]'', which operates between [[Seattle]]/[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and Chicago, passes through the town on [[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest stations are located in [[Fargo station|Fargo]], {{convert|23|mi}} to the west, and [[Detroit Lakes station|Detroit Lakes]], {{convert|23|mi}} to the east.

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Hawley, Minnesota (1916).jpg|thumb|right|Bringing harvest potatoes into Hawley, fall 1916]]
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2017}}

Hawley may be best known as the site of construction of the [[Viking ship]] ''Hjemkomst'', which sailed from [[Duluth, Minnesota]], to [[Bergen, Norway]], in 1982. [[Robert Asp]] began constructing the ship in November 1973 in the former Leslie Welter Potato Warehouse (renamed Hawley Shipyard) in downtown Hawley. The building was demolished on July 17, 1980, to remove the ship and is now marked by a memorial. The ship is on display at the [[Hjemkomst Center|Heritage Hjemkomst Center]] in nearby [[Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Hawley has a country club with a golf course.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawley Golf & Country Club|url=http://golf.exploreminnesota.com/Golf_Courses$158.html|website=Explore Minnesota Golf|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220506/http://golf.exploreminnesota.com/Golf_Courses$158.html|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

==Education==
The Hawley School district has a school building for grades K-6, and a separate building for grades 7–12. Its football team has won numerous conference and section championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/schoolpage2.asp?school=201 |title=Activity Page |website=www.mshsl.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621231758/http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/schoolpage2.asp?school=201 |archive-date=June 21, 2011}}</ref>

==Media==
Hawley has one radio station, [[KNNZ]]. Hawley's newspaper is the ''Hawley Herald''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.hawleyherald.net/|access-date=February 17, 2022|website=Hawley Herald|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hawley.govoffice.com/ Hawley's official website]

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