Guide to Beardsley Minnesota

Beardsley (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

366

344

297

262

233

-29

-11.07

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.47

0.00

Density (persons per sq. mile)

552.4

495.7

-56.7

-11.07

Housing Units

148

141

-7

-4.73

Households

125

108

-17

-13.60

Persons Per Household

2.10

2.16

+0.06

+2.29

Beardsley is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.47 square miles (1.22 km²), all land. Minnesota State Highways 7 and 28 are two of the main routes in the community. The elevation is 1,096 ft (334 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 233 people, 108 households, and 60 families residing in the city. The population density was 495.7 inhabitants per square mile (191.4/km2). There were 141 housing units at an average density of 300.0 per square mile (115.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.6% White and 0.4% Native American.

There were 108 households of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.4% were non-families. 41.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.88.

The median age in the city was 44.8 years. 24.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.1% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 22.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

BEARDSLEY, the railway village of Browns Valley Township, sections 8 and 17, was named for W. W. Beardsley, who platted it in November 1880. He was born in Schuyler County, N.Y., in 1852, removed to Pennsylvania at the age of 21 years and to Wisconsin in 1875, came to Minnesota in 1878, homesteading the farm that included the site of this village. It had a station of the Great Northern Railway in section 8; the first building erected was the coal and lumber business of Henry Stonebraker; the post office was established in 1881. The village was incorporated in 1891.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

Main Street, Beardsley Minnesota, 1909
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