Editing Lafayette, Minnesota

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Lafayette
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Lafayette, Minnesota
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = Mayor - Council
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Darren Saffert {{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|area_total_km2           = 3.26
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.26
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 492
|population_density_km2   = 151.05
|population_density_sq_mi = 391.10
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
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|elevation_ft             = 1020
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 56054
|area_code                = [[Area code 507|507]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-33920<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2395584<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2395584}}</ref>
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}}

'''Lafayette''' is a city in [[Nicollet County, Minnesota|Nicollet County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 492 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2733920 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=March 7, 2022}}</ref> It is a farming community just outside the larger town of [[New Ulm, Minnesota|New Ulm]].

Lafayette is part of the [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]]-[[North Mankato, Minnesota|North Mankato]] [[Mankato-North Mankato metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==

Lafayette was [[plat]]ted in 1897, and named for [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]] (1757–1834), a French and [[American Revolutionary War]] general.<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/n391 372]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.15|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]] |accessdate=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=July 2, 2012 }}</ref> The [[Rush River (Minnesota)|South Branch Rush River]] starts near Lafayette.

[[Minnesota State Highway 15]] serves as a main route in the community.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 195
|1920= 309
|1930= 389
|1940= 400
|1950= 438
|1960= 516
|1970= 498
|1980= 507
|1990= 462
|2000= 529
|2010= 504
|2020= 492
|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><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $36,719, and the median income for a family was $43,611. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,347. About 3.1% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 95 or over.

===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=November 13, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 504 people, 218 households, and 131 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|438.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 244 housing units at an average density of {{convert|212.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.2% 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 2.4% of the population.

There were 218 households, of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.9% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median age in the city was 36.9 years. 27% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.4% male and 50.6% female.

==Notable person==
Lafayette was the childhood home of actress [[Tippi Hedren]]. In her book ''Cats of Shambala'', she wrote that she was born in [[New Ulm, Minnesota|New Ulm]] as Lafayette did not have a hospital.

==References==
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{{Nicollet County, Minnesota}}
{{Mankato North Mankato MSA}}

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[[Category:Cities in Nicollet County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area]]
[[Category:New Ulm, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]