Guide to Louisburg Minnesota

Louisburg (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

+21

+80.77

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.10

0.06

0.31

0.30

-0.01

-3.23

Density (persons per sq. mile)

750.0

866.7

135.5

85.0

156.7

-71.67

+84.31

Housing Units

+3.45

Households

+38.46

Persons Per Household

2.00

2.33

2.00

2.61

+0.61

+30.50

Louisburg is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.30 square miles (0.78 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,040 ft (317 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 47 people, 18 households, and 16 families residing in the city. The population density was 156.7 inhabitants per square mile (60.5/km2). There were 30 housing units at an average density of 100.0 per square mile (38.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.6% White, 4.3% Asian, and 2.1% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.1% of the population.

There were 18 households of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.2% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.1% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.81.

The median age in the city was 46.3 years. 27.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 12.8% were from 25 to 44; 34.1% were from 45 to 64; and 17% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

LOUISBURG, a city in section 33 of Lake Shore Township, was platted on September 12, 1887, by Ole Thompson and William R. Thomas and incorporated as a village on November 2, 1905; it is said that Ole Thompson, who owned the land of the townsite, named it for his father, Louis Thompson, who had settled in section 34 in 1876. When the post office opened in 1888, the first postmaster was Thomas R. Thompson, son of Ole; it had a station of the Great Northern Railway.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

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