Editing Menahga, Minnesota

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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|official_name            = Menahga
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|motto                    = Home of St. Urho

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|subdivision_name2        = [[Wadena County, Minnesota|Wadena]]

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|population_total         = 1340
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|postal_code              = 56464
|area_code                = [[Area code 218|218]]
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'''Menahga''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|n|ɑː|g|ə}} {{respell|mə-NAH-gə}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |title=Minnesota Pronunciation Guide |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> is a city in [[Wadena County, Minnesota|Wadena County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. The population was 1,306 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census |access-date=23 April 2011 }}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==History==
Menahga was [[plat]]ted in 1891, and named for an [[Ojibwe language]] word meaning "there are [many] blueberries".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ojibwe People's Dictionary|url=http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/miinikaa-vii|publisher=University of Minnesota|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129182555/https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/miinikaa-vii|url-status=live}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Menahga since 1891.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wadena| title=Wadena County| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History| access-date=11 August 2015| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215029/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wadena| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|3.89|sqmi|sqkm|2}}; {{convert|3.70|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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=2012-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-07-02}}</ref>

The [[Blueberry River (Minnesota)|Blueberry River]] flows just north of the city.<ref>{{cite book| title= Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1994 |publisher= [[DeLorme]] |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-222-6 |pages= 61}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 71]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 87]] are two of the city's main routes.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 413
|1910= 346
|1920= 478
|1930= 486
|1940= 768
|1950= 849
|1960= 799
|1970= 835
|1980= 980
|1990= 1076
|2000= 1220
|2010= 1306
|2020= 1340
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=October 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003185009/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-13|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194655/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,306 people, 569 households, and 301 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|353.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 654 housing units at an average density of {{convert|176.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 569 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.1% were non-families. 42.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the city was 44.8 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.8% were from 25 to 44; 21.7% were from 45 to 64; and 28.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.9% male and 54.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,220 people, 491 households, and 282 families living in the city.  The population density was {{convert|328.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 556 housing units at an average density of {{convert|149.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 98.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.08% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.98% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.41% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.33% of the population. 42.4% were of [[Finnish people|Finnish]], 23.2% [[Germans|German]] and 15.5% [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] ancestry.

There were 491 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 33.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $22,232, and the median income for a family was $30,288. Males had a median income of $26,071 versus $18,594 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,360.  About 14.7% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable residents==
The writer-illustrator [[Wally Wood|Wallace Wood]], best known as one of the original five ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' cartoonists, was born in Menahga on June 17, 1927. [[Bhob Stewart]] documented Wood's Menahga childhood in the illustrated biography ''Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood'' ([[TwoMorrows Publishing]], 2003).

[[College basketball]] head coach [[Don Monson]] was born in Menahga in 1933; he moved to [[Idaho]] as {{nowrap|a child.<ref name=drvtwin>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ovhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6805%2C4398250 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Devlin |first=Vince |title=Monson: Drive to win is way of life |date=March 11, 1982 |page=26 |access-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517063507/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ovhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6805,4398250 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

[[Joseph Andrew Quinn]], politician and lawyer was born in Menahga.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10862 |title=Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Joseph Andrew Quinn |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120090153/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10862 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
{{see also|Saint Urho}}
[[File:2024 Saint Urho Days- 07.jpg|thumb|Menahga Mayor, Elizabeth Olson introduces the Changing of the Guards at the St Urho statue]] Menahga is known for the legend of the fictional St. Urho, the legendary [[patron saint]] of [[Finland]], which led locals to celebrate St. Urho's Day on March 16, the day before [[St. Patrick's Day]]. A statue of St. Urho is along Highway 71 South.,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofmenahga.com/index.asp?SEC=895B71BD-EEBF-4E05-94D1-9508BCF6E9E4&Type=B_BASIC |work=City of Menahga |location=(Menahga, Minnesota) |title=St. Urho |access-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517063509/https://www.cityofmenahga.com/index.asp?SEC=895B71BD-EEBF-4E05-94D1-9508BCF6E9E4&Type=B_BASIC |url-status=live }}</ref> The city celebrates Saint Urho Day over two days. Festivities includes costumes contests where celebrants wear purple for the vineyards and green for the grasshoppers, and a parade <ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=DL, Menahga to celebrate St. Urho |url=https://www.dl-online.com/news/dl-menahga-to-celebrate-st-urho |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Detroit Lakes Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-16 |title=Happy St. Urho's Day! Bemidji has ties to Finnish legend |url=https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/happy-st-urhos-day-bemidji-has-ties-to-finnish-legend |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Bemidji Pioneer |language=en}}</ref>

==Radio stations==
:'''FM radio'''
*89.3  [[KOPJ]] Life Talk Radio
*92.5 [[KXKK]] 92.5 Hot Country
*94.5 [[KDLB]] [[Adult Contemporary]] The Arrow 94.7
*97.5  [[KDKK]] 97.5 Music of Your Life
*101.9 [[KQKK]] KQ102

:'''AM radio'''
*870  [[KPRM]] [[Classic Country]] [[News/Talk]]
*1070 [[KSKK]] [[Country music|Country]], 10,000 Watts
*1570 [[KAKK]] Oldies 1570, 10,000 Watts

==Gallery==
<gallery>
City Hall, Menahga, Minnesota.jpg|Menahga City Hall
Post Office, Menahga, Minnesota.jpg|Menahga Post Office
Entrance, Menahga Area Historical Museum.jpg|Menahga Area Historical Museum
2024 Saint Urho Days- 08.jpg|Menahga Mayor, Elizabeth Olson reads the St Urho Proclamation at Opening Ceremonies
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cityofmenahga.com/ City website]
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Menahga-Minnesota.html#ixzz0jtbZlDID City data for Menahga]
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