Guide to Alvarado Minnesota

Location of Alvarado MN

Alvarado is a small rural community located just 18 miles north of Grand Forks, North Dakota, at the intersection of Highways 1 and 220. There is a city park with camping sites, water, sewer, electricity, bathroom, playground equipment, and picnic shelter. A skating rink with warming house is available in winter. Snowmobiling is an important winter sport. The public school is 11 miles away in Warren, MN. Oslo, MN is 6 miles to the west, along the Red River of the North.

Courtesy City of Alvarado

Alvarado (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2000-2010 Change
Alvarado (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	Actual	Percent
Population	302	385	356	371	363	-8	-2.16
Land Area (sq. mile)	0.50	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.22	+0.01	+4.76
Density (persons per sq. mile)	604.00	1,750.00	1,695.24	1,738.35	1,650.00	-88.65	-5.08
Housing Units	116	162	171	179	177	-2	-1.17
Households	--	143	146	145	137	-8	-5.52
Persons Per Household	--	2.69	2.44	2.56	2.65	+0.09	+3.52

Alvarado is a city situated along the Snake River in Marshall County. Minnesota Highway 1 and Minnesota Highway 220 are two of the main arterial routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.57 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 810 feet (247 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 363 people, 137 households, and 105 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,650.0 inhabitants per square mile (637.1/km2). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 804.5 per square mile (310.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 88.2% White, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 9.6% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.3% of the population.

There were 137 households of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.4% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.05.

The median age in the city was 34.1 years. 27.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 13.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ALVARADO, a city in Vega Township, has the name of a seaport and river in Mexico, about 40 miles southeast of Vera Cruz. It is also the name of a small city in Texas and of villages in Indiana and California. It was first settled in 1879 and incorporated as a village on October 16, 1907; its post office began as Snake in 1888, named for its location on the Snake River, with Ole Sand, postmaster, in his store. When the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line) came in 1903, its construction crew established the station name as Alvarado, so Sand with his brother moved the store and the post office in 1905, changing the post office name, and Sand's son, Martin H. Sand, became the new postmaster.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

Railroad Depot, Alvarado Minnesota, 1908
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Alvarado City Hall 155 Marshall Street PO Box 935 Alvarado, MN 56710 Phone: (218) 965-4911 Fax: (218) 965-4608 Regular Business Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm City Council Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm
Title	Term Ends	Name and Address	Phone
Mayor	12/31/2022	Gary Toren 725 Riverside Court Alvarado, MN 56710	(218) 965-4900
Clerk/Treasurer	appointed	Jill Fanfulik PO Box 935 Alvarado, MN 56710	(218) 965-4911
Council Member	12/31/2022	Dean Bergman 245 6th Street Alvarado, MN 56710	(218) 965-4651
Council Member	12/31/2022	Daryl L. Larson 705 Woodland Court Alvarado, MN 56710	(218) 779-9791
Council Member	12/31/2024	Cheri Pagnac 360 Parkview Drive Alvarado, MN 56710	(218) 686-1335
Council Member	12/31/2024	Lane Iverson 155 1st Avenue W Alvarado, MN 56710	(701) 739-6144

Utility Type	Utility Name	Utility Phone
Electricity	City of Alvarado (city)	(218) 965-4911
Electricity	PKM Electric (rural)	(218) 745-4711
Natural Gas	n/a	n/a
Wastewater	City of Alvarado	(218) 965-4911
Water	City of Alvarado	(218) 965-4911
Telephone	Frontier Telecommunications	(877) 898-2097
Cable TV	Frontier Telecommunications	(877) 898-2097

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