Editing Winnebago, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Winnebago
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = Small Town, Big Heart!
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|image_caption            = [[U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota|US-169]] runs through town
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|image_seal               = 
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|map_caption              = Location of Winnebago, Minnesota
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Faribault County, Minnesota|Faribault]]
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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Jean Anderson 
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = June 1855
|established_title1       = Organized
|established_date1        = October 1858
|established_title2       = Platted
|established_date2        = January 1857
|established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date3        = February 19, 1857
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 6.11
|area_land_km2            = 6.08
|area_water_km2           = 0.03
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.36
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.35
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 1391
|pop_est_as_of            = 2022
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|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
|population_total         = 1391
|population_density_km2   = 228.76
|population_density_sq_mi = 592.42
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|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = −6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = −5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_m              = 337
|elevation_ft             = 1106
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|45|52|N|94|10|12|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 56098
|area_code                = [[Area code 507|507]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-70924
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2397347<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397347}}</ref>
|blank2_name              = [[Sales tax]]
|blank2_info              = 6.875%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avalara.com/taxrates/en/state-rates/minnesota/cities/winnebago.html|title=Winnebago (MN) sales tax rate|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.cityofwinnebago.com/|cityofwinnebago.com}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Winnebago''' is a city in [[Faribault County, Minnesota|Faribault County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 1,391 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Winnebago_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2770924 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>

==History==
Winnebago was originally called Winnebago City, and under the latter name was laid out in 1856.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA197 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=197}}</ref> The city was named after the [[Winnebago Indians]],<ref name="history" /> who had recently been moved to a reservation nearby from a location further north near [[Long Prairie, Minnesota|Long Prairie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaties with the Winnebago |url=https://www.nps.gov/efmo/learn/historyculture/upload/Appendix-E-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209164042/https://www.nps.gov/efmo/learn/historyculture/upload/Appendix-E-1.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |url-status=live |website=nps.gov |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> A post office was established as Winnebago City in 1857, and "city" was dropped from the name in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Faribault&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Faribault County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref>

The first rail service came to Winnebago in 1871, when the Southern Minnesota Railroad completed its line to the town. Winnebago was the western terminus of the line until 1878, when it was extended to the west,<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnebago History |url=https://www.winnebagoareamuseum.org/history |website=Winnebago Area Museum |publisher=Winnebago Area Museum |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> reaching the state border at [[Airlie, Minnesota|Airlie]] in 1880.<ref name=NRHPRAIL>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=Andrew J |last2=Pratt |first2=Daniel R |last3=Vermeer |first3=Andrea C |last4=Bradley |first4=Betsy H |title=Railroads in Minnesota, 1862–1956 |url=https://mn.gov/admin/assets/Railroads%20in%20Minnesota%20MPDF_tcm36-445059.pdf |website=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> That same year, the Southern Minnesota Railroad was absorbed into the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), more commonly known as the [[Milwaukee Road]].<ref name=NRHPRAIL/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.27|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>

[[U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota|U.S. Route 169]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 109]] are two of the main routes in the city.

Winnebago is nine miles north of [[Interstate 90 in Minnesota|Interstate 90]], exit 119, and approximately 28 miles south of [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Winnebago, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1898&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 63
|Feb record high F = 63
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 106
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 67

|Jan avg record high F = 42.8
|Feb avg record high F = 47.3
|Mar avg record high F = 65.8
|Apr avg record high F = 80.8
|May avg record high F = 89.1
|Jun avg record high F = 92.7
|Jul avg record high F = 92.2
|Aug avg record high F = 90.5
|Sep avg record high F = 88.9
|Oct avg record high F = 82.6
|Nov avg record high F = 65.9
|Dec avg record high F = 47.2
|year avg record high F = 95.1

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =23.2
| Feb high F  =27.8
| Mar high F  =40.4
| Apr high F  =56.1
| May high F  =68.8
| Jun high F  =78.8
| Jul high F  =82.2
| Aug high F  =79.7
| Sep high F  =73.7
| Oct high F  =59.9
| Nov high F  =42.7
| Dec high F  =28.7
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =14.4
| Feb mean F  =19.0
| Mar mean F  =31.8
| Apr mean F  =45.9
| May mean F  =58.5
| Jun mean F  =68.9
| Jul mean F  =72.3
| Aug mean F  =69.8
| Sep mean F  =62.6
| Oct mean F  =48.9
| Nov mean F  =33.9
| Dec mean F  =20.7
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =5.6
| Feb low F  =10.3
| Mar low F  =23.3
| Apr low F  =35.7
| May low F  =48.2
| Jun low F  =59.0
| Jul low F  =62.4
| Aug low F  =59.9
| Sep low F  =51.4
| Oct low F  =37.9
| Nov low F  =25.0
| Dec low F  =12.6

|Jan avg record low F = -16.0
|Feb avg record low F = -11.1
|Mar avg record low F = 0.0
|Apr avg record low F = 20.5
|May avg record low F = 34.1
|Jun avg record low F = 47.0
|Jul avg record low F = 52.3
|Aug avg record low F = 49.7
|Sep avg record low F = 35.6
|Oct avg record low F = 22.2
|Nov avg record low F = 6.3
|Dec avg record low F = -9.4
|year avg record low F = -19.2

|Jan record low F = -35
|Feb record low F = -32
|Mar record low F = -25
|Apr record low F = 0
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 44
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 22
|Oct record low F = 0
|Nov record low F = -13
|Dec record low F = -30

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =0.90
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.03
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.88
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.48
| May precipitation inch  =4.51
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.05
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.18
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.94
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.47
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.67
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.64
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.24

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 7.6
|Feb precipitation days = 6.6
|Mar precipitation days = 8.3
|Apr precipitation days = 10.7
|May precipitation days = 12.8
|Jun precipitation days = 12.1
|Jul precipitation days = 9.4
|Aug precipitation days = 9.4
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 8.6
|Nov precipitation days = 6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 8.0

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =10.4
| Feb snow inch  =9.1
| Mar snow inch  =7.3
| Apr snow inch  =4.1
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.4
| Nov snow inch  =5.4
| Dec snow inch  =10.5

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 5.5
|Feb snow days = 5.1
|Mar snow days = 3.0
|Apr snow days = 1.2
|May snow days = 0.0
|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 = 2.7
|Dec snow days = 5.4

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00219046&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: Winnebago, MN
|access-date = May 11, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<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 = May 11, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 48
|1870= 326
|1880= 993
|1890= 1108
|1900= 1816
|1910= 1554
|1920= 1641
|1930= 1701
|1940= 1992
|1950= 2127
|1960= 2088
|1970= 1791
|1980= 1869
|1990= 1565
|2000= 1487
|2010= 1437
|2020= 1391
|estyear=2022
|estimate=1391
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=January 3, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|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=July 23, 2014}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 1,437 people, 609 households, and 379 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|633.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 688 housing units at an average density of {{convert|303.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.5% of the population.

There were 609 households, of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.8% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.88.

The median age in the city was 42.3 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 22.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 1,487 people, 641 households and 398 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|675.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 705 housing units at an average density of {{convert|320.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.47% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.67% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.75% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.81% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.66% of the population.

There were 641 households of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.83.

21.0% under of the population were the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The [[median household income]] was $32,321 and the median family income was $41,420. Males had a median income of $30,375 versus $20,256 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,435. About 4.6% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Harry Chozen]] - Major League baseball player
* [[John E. Grotberg]] - [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Illinois]]
* [[Margaret Hurley]] - Washington State legislator
* [[William W. Knight (publisher)|William Knight]] - lawyer and newspaper publisher; father of [[Phil Knight]], founder of [[Nike Inc.]]
* [[Allen Walker Read]] - linguist and etymologist
* [[Harry E. Siman]] - Nebraska State Senator

==Politics==
Winnebago is located in [[Minnesota's 1st Congressional District]].
Winnebago is located in Minnesota State Senate District 24, represented by [[Julie Rosen]], and Minnesota House District 24A, represented by [[Bob Gunther]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cityofwinnebago.com/ City of Winnebago, Minnesota]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/City-of-Winnebago/153481911329679 www.facebook.com/pages/City-of-Winnebago/153481911329679 City of Winnebago] on Facebook
* [https://twitter.com/WinnebagoMN www.twitter.com/WinnebagoMN City of Winnebago] on Twitter
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