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Beardsley, Minnesota
Beardsley is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. History Beardsley was platted in 1880 by W. W. Beardsley, and named for him. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Minnesota State Highways 7 and 28 are two of the main routes in the community. Climate Beardsley holds two state monthly record high temperatures, 111 °F (approx. 44 °C) in September, set in 1931, and 98 °F (approx. 37 °C) for October, reached in 1963 and shares with Moorhead both the July record and the all-time state high temperature of 115°, reached in Beardsley on July 29, 191 Seismology Minnesota has a relatively low incidence of earthquakes, with 19 having been documented in the state since 1860, according to the University of Minnesota-Morris. A rare earthquake shook the area on June 5, 1993; the earthquake's epicenter was in the nearby town of Dumont and meas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
