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Tracy, Minnesota
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| Motto(s):
"Come Along for the Ride"
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Location of Tracy, Minnesota
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| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Lyon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor – Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.44 sq mi (6.33 km2) |
| • Land | 2.40 sq mi (6.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,375 ft (419 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 2,076 |
| • Density | 866.44/sq mi (334.57/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
56175
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| Area code(s) | 507 |
| FIPS code | 27-65308 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2397044 |
Tracy is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,163 at the 2010 census.
U.S. Route 14 serves as a main arterial route in the community.
History
Tracy was platted in 1875. It was named for John F. Tracy, a railroad official. A post office called Tracy has been in operation since 1877. The city was incorporated in 1893.
On June 13, 1968, Tracy was hit by an F5 tornado which killed nine people and injured 150. Until the 1960s, Tracy was a highly active railroad town on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway as a concentration point for numerous branchlines in the area serving heavy agriculture. Today, Tracy holds an annual summer festival called "Boxcar Days," which takes place Labor Day weekend as a sign of the railroad's influence on the town. Tracy is a division point on the Canadian Pacific Railway (formerly the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad), where railroad crews from both east and west exchange trains.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.23 square miles (5.78 km2), of which 2.18 square miles (5.65 km2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water.
Climate
| Climate data for Tracy, Minnesota (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1912−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) |
65 (18) |
83 (28) |
94 (34) |
107 (42) |
105 (41) |
108 (42) |
105 (41) |
105 (41) |
93 (34) |
79 (26) |
69 (21) |
108 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 43.5 (6.4) |
49.2 (9.6) |
65.0 (18.3) |
79.0 (26.1) |
88.9 (31.6) |
93.6 (34.2) |
93.2 (34.0) |
91.5 (33.1) |
88.1 (31.2) |
81.8 (27.7) |
63.7 (17.6) |
47.5 (8.6) |
96.1 (35.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 22.8 (−5.1) |
27.3 (−2.6) |
39.0 (3.9) |
54.4 (12.4) |
68.1 (20.1) |
78.9 (26.1) |
82.2 (27.9) |
79.6 (26.4) |
72.9 (22.7) |
58.4 (14.7) |
41.4 (5.2) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
54.4 (12.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 14.1 (−9.9) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
44.0 (6.7) |
57.6 (14.2) |
68.4 (20.2) |
71.9 (22.2) |
69.3 (20.7) |
61.7 (16.5) |
47.6 (8.7) |
32.7 (0.4) |
19.8 (−6.8) |
44.6 (7.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 5.3 (−14.8) |
9.3 (−12.6) |
21.5 (−5.8) |
33.6 (0.9) |
47.1 (8.4) |
58.0 (14.4) |
61.6 (16.4) |
59.1 (15.1) |
50.6 (10.3) |
36.9 (2.7) |
23.9 (−4.5) |
11.8 (−11.2) |
34.9 (1.6) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −15.8 (−26.6) |
−11.0 (−23.9) |
−0.9 (−18.3) |
18.4 (−7.6) |
32.5 (0.3) |
46.2 (7.9) |
51.3 (10.7) |
48.0 (8.9) |
34.3 (1.3) |
20.5 (−6.4) |
5.5 (−14.7) |
−9.8 (−23.2) |
−19.0 (−28.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −33 (−36) |
−30 (−34) |
−22 (−30) |
2 (−17) |
18 (−8) |
33 (1) |
40 (4) |
36 (2) |
18 (−8) |
2 (−17) |
−16 (−27) |
−30 (−34) |
−33 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.64 (16) |
0.74 (19) |
1.44 (37) |
2.86 (73) |
3.96 (101) |
4.48 (114) |
3.54 (90) |
3.43 (87) |
3.80 (97) |
2.26 (57) |
1.32 (34) |
0.74 (19) |
29.21 (742) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.4 (21) |
8.4 (21) |
8.5 (22) |
6.1 (15) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
5.9 (15) |
10.6 (27) |
49.3 (125) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 87.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 18.3 |
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Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 322 | — | |
| 1890 | 1,400 | 334.8% | |
| 1900 | 1,911 | 36.5% | |
| 1910 | 1,876 | −1.8% | |
| 1920 | 2,463 | 31.3% | |
| 1930 | 2,570 | 4.3% | |
| 1940 | 3,085 | 20.0% | |
| 1950 | 3,020 | −2.1% | |
| 1960 | 2,862 | −5.2% | |
| 1970 | 2,516 | −12.1% | |
| 1980 | 2,478 | −1.5% | |
| 1990 | 2,059 | −16.9% | |
| 2000 | 2,268 | 10.2% | |
| 2010 | 2,163 | −4.6% | |
| 2020 | 2,076 | −4.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,163 people, 876 households, and 549 families living in the city. The population density was 992.2 inhabitants per square mile (383.1/km2). There were 1,032 housing units at an average density of 473.4 per square mile (182.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 86.5% White, 0.1% African American, 0.3% Native American, 9.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 5.4% of the population.
There were 876 households, of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.3% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.10.
The median age in the city was 38.7 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 23% were from 45 to 64; and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.
Notable people
- Curt Brasket, chess player
- Cal Ludeman, Minnesota state representative
- Dennis Morgan, songwriter
- Will Newton Nelson, Minnesota state representative
- Barbara Vickerman, Minnesota state representative
- Jim Vickerman, Minnesota state senator
See also
In Spanish: Tracy (Minnesota) para niños
