Baudette, Minnesota
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Baudette, Minnesota
|settlement_type = City
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|map_caption = Location of Baudette
within Lake of the Woods County and state of Minnesota
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Minnesota
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Lake of the Woods
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the United States
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|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Rick Rone
|leader_title1 = Council
|leader_name1 = Cole Nelson
Steve Theis, Jr.
Steve Johnson
Benjamin Davidson
Silas
Lawson
|established_title = Incorporated
|established_date = 1907
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_sq_mi = 4.71
|area_land_sq_mi = 4.23
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.48
|area_total_km2 = 12.21
|area_land_km2 = 10.97
|area_water_km2 = 1.24
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_est = 955
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
|population_total = 966
|population_density_sq_mi = 228.15
|population_density_km2 = 88.09
|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|elevation_m = 332
|elevation_ft = 1089
|coordinates = {{coord|48|42|45|N|94|35|42|W|region:US-MN_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:639732 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Baudette, Minnesota; United States Geological Survey (USGS); January 11, 1980.]
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 56623
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 218
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|website = {{URL|https://www.ci.baudette.mn.us/|ci.baudette.mn.us}}
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Baudette is a city in, and the county seat of, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 966.{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Baudette_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2704024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 23, 2023}} Baudette is known as the Walleye Capital of the World.In reference to the Walleye, a native species of fish commonly used in game fishing. [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7821]
History
Baudette was incorporated in 1907. It was started by European Americans as a steamboat landing and lumber town with a sawmill, after the railroad was constructed through this area in 1901. It was named for Joseph Beaudette, a trapper of French-Canadian descent who had been in the area since the early 1880s. The post office at Baudette began in 1900, first called "Port Hyland", after postmaster Daniel Hyland. The name was changed to "Baudette" in 1901. Baudette had a station of the Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad, now absorbed by the Canadian National Railway.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA318|year=2001|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-396-8|page=318}}
Baudette was largely destroyed in the Baudette Fire of 1910, but was quickly rebuilt.{{cite web|url=http://www.lakeofthewoodshistoricalsociety.com/history7.html |title=The Fire of 1910 |publisher=Lake of the Woods County Historical Society |access-date=June 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182227/http://www.lakeofthewoodshistoricalsociety.com/history7.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 | url-status=dead}} Many of its people were saved by a train with boxcars sent across the river from Rainy River, Ontario, which pulled survivors to safety on the other side.
Geography
The city is along the Rainy River at its confluence with the Baudette River. It lies across the river from Rainy River, Ontario, and southeast of Lake of the Woods.
Baudette and Rainy River are connected by the Baudette–Rainy River International Bridge.
Minnesota Highway 11, Minnesota Highway 72, and Minnesota Highway 172 are three of the community's main routes. Highway 11 leads northwest {{convert|36|mi}} to Warroad at the southwest end of Lake of the Woods and east {{convert|68|mi}} to International Falls, while Highway 72 leads south {{convert|76|mi}} to Blackduck and Highway 172 leads north {{convert|12|mi}} to Wheelers Point at the mouth of the Rainy River into Lake of the Woods.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of {{convert|4.66|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.41|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are water.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_27.txt |title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Minnesota |website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |access-date=March 23, 2020}}
Climate
Baudette has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with mild to warm summers along with dry and severely cold winters.
{{Weather box
|location = Baudette, Minnesota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1908–present)
|single line = y
|Jan record high F = 50
|Feb record high F = 59
|Mar record high F = 76
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 87
|Nov record high F = 75
|Dec record high F = 54
|year record high F = 103
|Jan avg record high F = 37.8
|Feb avg record high F = 42.8
|Mar avg record high F = 55.4
|Apr avg record high F = 73.4
|May avg record high F = 83.3
|Jun avg record high F = 88.4
|Jul avg record high F = 89.0
|Aug avg record high F = 88.9
|Sep avg record high F = 84.1
|Oct avg record high F = 73.5
|Nov avg record high F = 54.1
|Dec avg record high F = 40.0
|year avg record high F = 91.9
|Jan high F = 16.9
|Feb high F = 23.7
|Mar high F = 37.1
|Apr high F = 52.8
|May high F = 66.2
|Jun high F = 76.2
|Jul high F = 80.9
|Aug high F = 79.2
|Sep high F = 70.1
|Oct high F = 54.1
|Nov high F = 36.5
|Dec high F = 22.9
|year high F = 51.4
|Jan mean F = 5.8
|Feb mean F = 11.0
|Mar mean F = 25.0
|Apr mean F = 40.8
|May mean F = 54.1
|Jun mean F = 64.6
|Jul mean F = 69.0
|Aug mean F = 67.2
|Sep mean F = 57.8
|Oct mean F = 43.9
|Nov mean F = 27.7
|Dec mean F = 13.3
|year mean F = 40.0
|Jan low F = −5.3
|Feb low F = −1.8
|Mar low F = 12.9
|Apr low F = 28.8
|May low F = 42.0
|Jun low F = 52.9
|Jul low F = 57.2
|Aug low F = 55.2
|Sep low F = 45.6
|Oct low F = 33.7
|Nov low F = 18.9
|Dec low F = 3.7
|year low F = 28.6
|Jan avg record low F = -31.9
|Feb avg record low F = -26.5
|Mar avg record low F = -13.6
|Apr avg record low F = 12.3
|May avg record low F = 27.5
|Jun avg record low F = 39.0
|Jul avg record low F = 46.0
|Aug avg record low F = 42.5
|Sep avg record low F = 31.5
|Oct avg record low F = 19.0
|Nov avg record low F = -1.1
|Dec avg record low F = -22.6
|year avg record low F = -33.8
|Jan record low F = −51
|Feb record low F = −48
|Mar record low F = −45
|Apr record low F = −19
|May record low F = −12
|Jun record low F = 23
|Jul record low F = 34
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 17
|Oct record low F = −8
|Nov record low F = −29
|Dec record low F = −45
|year record low F = −51
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.52
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.53
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.67
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.25
|May precipitation inch = 3.17
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.22
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.72
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.43
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.61
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.14
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.99
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.80
|year precipitation inch = 25.05
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.0
|Feb precipitation days = 4.4
|Mar precipitation days = 5.3
|Apr precipitation days = 6.4
|May precipitation days = 10.8
|Jun precipitation days = 11.6
|Jul precipitation days = 10.5
|Aug precipitation days = 10.2
|Sep precipitation days = 11.2
|Oct precipitation days = 9.9
|Nov precipitation days = 6.6
|Dec precipitation days = 7.2
|year precipitation days = 100.1
|source 1 = NOAA
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=fgf
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 23, 2021}}
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00210515&format=pdf
| title = Station: Baudette, MN
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 23, 2021}}
|date=August 2010
}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1910= 897
|1920= 960
|1930= 822
|1940= 1017
|1950= 929
|1960= 1597
|1970= 1547
|1980= 1170
|1990= 1146
|2000= 1104
|2010= 1106
|2020= 966
|estyear=2022
|estimate=955
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{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=September 11, 2013}}
2020 Census
}}
=2010 census=
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,106 people, 489 households, and 273 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|260.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 577 housing units at an average density of {{convert|135.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.4% White, 0.1% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population.
There were 489 households, of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.2% were non-families. 39.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.95.
The median age in the city was 46.1 years. 23.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.8% were from 25 to 44; 29% were from 45 to 64; and 22.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.3% male and 53.7% female.
=2000 census=
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,104 people, 490 households, and 271 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|334.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 540 housing units at an average density of {{convert|163.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.02% White, 0.54% African American, 2.90% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population.
There were 490 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.5% were non-families. 41.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.2% 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 2.97.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,281, and the median income for a family was $43,000. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,653. About 6.5% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Baudette was home to Rowell Laboratories, Inc., a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, from 1935 to 1986. Rowell initially achieved success by processing and selling burbot liver oil, after it was discovered to improve the fur of foxes living in the Rowell family fox farm.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} Rowell's downtown location is now home to ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Automotive Enviro Testing, a cold weather test facility used by Honda, Acura,{{cite web |url=http://blog.caranddriver.com/how-to-winter-test-an-acura-in-ridiculous-brain-freezing-temperatures/ |title=How To: Winter-Test an Acura in Ridiculous, Brain-Freezing Temperatures |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719083507/http://blog.caranddriver.com/how-to-winter-test-an-acura-in-ridiculous-brain-freezing-temperatures/ |url-status=dead }} and Tesla,[https://vimeo.com/40038939 Cold Weather Climate Testing the Model S] is in Baudette.{{cite web|url=http://www.automotiveenvirotesting.com/location.html |title=Automotive Enviro Testing Location |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707191404/http://www.automotiveenvirotesting.com/location.html | archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Media
=Radio=
=Television=
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| style="background:#ffcccc;" | (Virtual)
!style="background:#ffcccc;" | Channel !style="background:#ffcccc" | Programming |
|---|
| 9.1
| K25MW-D | PBS | 9.2 | style="text-align:left" | First Nations Experience | style="text-align:left" | Lake of the Woods County |
| 34.1
| K14PH-D | 34.2 | style="text-align:left" | KXJB (CBS) | style="text-align:left" | Lake of the Woods County |
| 36.1
| K16KE-D | 36.2 | style="text-align:left" | KBRR (Fox) | style="text-align:left" | Lake of the Woods County |
Notable people
- Keith Ballard, ice hockey defenseman for the Minnesota Wild
- Alex Lyon, ice hockey goaltender
- Wally Olds, ice hockey defenseman, 1972 Silver Medal Olympian and All-American; also has his likeness painted on the side of the VFW
- Theodore H. Rowell, pharmaceutical industrialist and politician
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.ci.baudette.mn.us/ Official website]
- [http://www.lakeofthewoodsmn.com/ Baudette Chamber of Commerce]
- [http://www.lakesnwoods.com/BaudetteGallery.htm Baudette photo gallery]
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Category:Cities in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota