Hibbing, Minnesota facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hibbing, Minnesota
City
East Howard Street in Hibbing
Motto(s):  We're Ore And More.
Location of the city of Hibbing within Saint Louis County, Minnesota
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Saint Louis
Area
• Total	186.46 sq mi (482.92 km2)
• Land	182.03 sq mi (471.45 km2)
• Water	4.43 sq mi (11.48 km2)
Elevation	1,493 ft (455 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	16,361
• Estimate  (2019)	15,855
• Density	87.10/sq mi (33.63/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	55746
Area code(s)	218
FIPS code	27-28790
GNIS feature ID	0661469
Website	City of Hibbing

Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,361 at the 2010 census. The city was built on the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range. At the edge of town is the largest open-pit iron mine in the world, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine. U.S. Highway 169, State Highway 37, State Highway 73, Howard Street, and 1st Avenue are five of the main routes in Hibbing. The Range Regional Airport offers daily commercial flights between Hibbing and Minneapolis-St. Paul, as well as hosting many private pilots and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fire fighting aircraft.

History

The town was founded in 1893 by Frank Hibbing, born in Hannover, Germany on December 1, 1856, and christened Franz Dietrich von Ahlen. His mother died when he was still in infancy and it was her name, Hibbing, which he assumed when he set out to seek his fortune in the New World. He first settled in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm and in a shingle mill. Injured in a mill accident, he considered becoming a lawyer, but after deciding he was not familiar enough with the English language to make a legal career possible, he turned to timber cruising.

In 1887, Mr. Hibbing settled in Duluth where he established a real estate business and began explorations on the Vermilion Range. In 1892, he headed a party of thirty men at Mountain Iron and cut a road through the wilderness to Section 22, 58–20. An expert iron ore prospector, he soon discovered the surface indication which led him to believe in the existence of extensive ore deposits.

In July 1893, the townsite of Hibbing was laid out and named in honor of him. Feeling personally responsible, he took the deepest pride in its development and, by his generous aid, made its progress possible. He used his personal means to provide a water plant, electric light plant, the first roads, hotel, sawmill, and bank building. For the last ten years of his life, Mr. Hibbing made his home in Duluth, where many of his business interests were centered. He retained close contact with the community which bore his name, until he died of appendicitis on July 30, 1897, at age forty.

In 1914, two men, Carl Wickman and Andrew "Bus Andy" Anderson, started a bus line between Hibbing and Alice, Minnesota, which would eventually become Greyhound Lines, the world's largest bus company.

Hibbing Heights was platted in 1908 and annexed by Alice in 1910, when Alice incorporated as a city. Between 1919 and 1921, the Village of Hibbing was moved immediately south of Alice and then annexed Alice in 1920. Hibbing remained a village until 1979 when the Town of Stuntz was annexed. An Article of Incorporation was filed in July 1979 with the state and Hibbing became a city from that action in January 1980.

Hibbing is home to the world's largest iron ore mine, which was discovered by Leonidas Merritt. Hibbing grew rapidly in its early years as the huge iron ore mines such as the Mahoning, Hull, Rust, Sellers, and Burt provided the raw material for America's industrial revolution. In fact, the mines encroached on the village from the east, north, and west and it was determined that some of the ore body actually went under the town whose population had hit 20,000 by 1915.

Negotiations between the Oliver Mining Company and the village finally brought about a plan whereby the entire village would relocate to a site two miles south near Alice. The company, for its part, agreed to develop the downtown buildings with low interest loans that could be paid off over the years by the retailers. New civic structures such as Hibbing High School, the Androy Hotel, the Village Hall, and the Rood Hospital were also constructed with mining company money. In all, about 200 structures were moved down the First Avenue Highway, as it was called, to the new city. These included a store and even a couple of large hotels. Only one structure didn't make it: the Sellers Hotel tumbled off some rollers and crashed to the ground leaving, as one witness said, "an enormous pile of kindling". The move started in 1919 and the first phase was completed in 1921. Known today as "North Hibbing", this area remained as a business and residential center through the 1940s when the mining companies bought the remaining structures. The last house was moved in 1968.

On July 25, 1979, Hibbing annexed the Town of Stuntz which comprised five townships. With this annexation, the following unincorporated communities were also annexed (community location by township, range and section indicated):

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.43 square miles (482.85 km²); 181.83 square miles (470.94 km²) is land and 4.60 square miles (11.91 km²) is water. McCarthy Beach State Park is nearby.

The Northern Divide intersects the St. Lawrence Divide near Hibbing, with waters draining to the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes.

Climate

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 16,361 people, 7,414 households, and 4,325 families living in the city. The population density was 90.0 inhabitants per square mile (34.7/km²). There were 8,200 housing units at an average density of 45.1 per square mile (17.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% White, 0.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 7,414 households, of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.7% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% 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 2.80.

The median age in the city was 42.5 years. 21.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 to 44; 29.4% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

Sister cities

Hibbing has one sister city:

• Walsrode, Lower Saxony (Germany)

Education

Hibbing is home to Hibbing Community College, a two-year community and technical college.

Notable people

Bob Dylan's boyhood home in Hibbing

• Corey Adam, stand-up comedian.
• Bernard J. Bischoff, Minnesota state representative and judge.
• Joe Bretto, professional ice hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks.
• Bruce Carlson, United States Air Force general, director of National Reconnaissance Office.
• Steve Deger, juvenile nonfiction author.
• Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth), musician, singer-songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, winner of 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Ron Dicklich, Minnesota state senator.
• Steve Enich, professional football player.
• Jack Fena, Minnesota state representative and judge.
• Dick Garmaker, professional basketball player.
• Gus Hall, former leader of Communist Party USA and four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
• Jeff Halper, professor of anthropology, author, activist, co-founder of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
• Karl Jacob (born and raised), actor and filmmaker.
• Carl Jacobson, Minnesotastate representative and businessman
• Chi Chi LaRue, film director.
• Bob Latz, Minnesota state representative and lawyer
• Roger Maris, professional baseball player, broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
• Kevin McHale, professional basketball player, won three NBA championships with Boston Celtics, named one of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History; served as Minnesota Timberwolves' vice president and as head coach of Houston Rockets, broadcaster for NBA on TNT.
• Bethany McLean, co-author of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
• Joe Micheletti, professional ice hockey player, Olympics and NHL television analyst in NYC, won two NCAA championships with Minnesota Golden Gophers.
• Pat Micheletti, professional ice hockey player, younger brother of Joe.
• Robert Mondavi, wine entrepreneur.
• Lona Minne, Minnesota state representative.
• Timothy Murphy, poet and businessman.
• Marie Myung-Ok Lee, novelist and essayist.
• Carol J. Oja, music historian at Harvard University.
• Jeno Paulucci, founder of Jeno's Pizza and Chun King Foods brands.
• Rudy Perpich, Hibbing dentist who served two terms as Governor of Minnesota.
• Scott Perunovich, 2020 Hobey Baker Award winner; St. Louis Blues defenseman.
• John (Jack) Petroske, member of 1956 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, winning a silver medal.
• Gary Puckett, lead singer and namesake of 1960s band Gary Puckett and the Union Gap was born in Hibbing.
• Frank Riley, co-winner of second Hugo Award for Best Novel, was born in Hibbing.
• Scott Sandelin, professional ice hockey player, won two NCAA championships with North Dakota Fighting Sioux and three as head coach of Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey.
• John P. Sheehy, internationally known architect.
• Rudy Sikich, football player.
• John J. Spanish, Minnesota state representative.
• Carl Wickman, founder and longtime CEO of Greyhound Lines.

See also

In Spanish: Hibbing para niños