Herman is a city in
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Grant County is a county located in the northern pa ...
,
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, United States. The population was 437 at the
2010 census.
It lends it name to
Herman Beach
Herman Beach is one of several beaches delimiting the shorelines of the prehistoric glacial Lake Agassiz.[Lake Agassiz
Lake Agassiz ( ) was a large proglacial lake that existed in central North America during the late Pleistocene, fed by meltwater from the retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial period. At its peak, the lake's area wa ...]
; the feature delineates the edge of this ancient lake for hundreds of miles through Minnesota and
North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
.
[Earthscapes: The Red River Valley: Tilted Shorelines and Rebounding Lake Beds]
- Don McCollor, University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (UND) is a Public university, public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It was established by the Dakota Territory, Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishm ...
(retrieved 2007-08-29).
History
Herman was
plat
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ted in 1875, and named for Herman Trott, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Herman since 1872.
Herman is known for a 1994 campaign inviting women to meet its 78 bachelors. The story, dubbed "bachelormania", drew worldwide recognition and was adapted into the film ''
Herman U. S. A.''
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
Minnesota state highways
9 and
27 are two of the main routes in the community.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2010, there were 437 people, 216 households, and 114 families living in the city. The
population density
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was . There were 254 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.4%
White
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, 0.5%
African American
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, 0.2%
Asian, and 0.9% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population.
There were 216 households, of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.2% were non-families. 43.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.81.
The median age in the city was 48.4 years. 21.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18% were from 25 to 44; 30.3% were from 45 to 64; and 24.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.5% male and 53.5% female.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 452 people, 203 households, and 127 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 237 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.23%
White
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, 0.88%
Native American, 0.44%
Asian, 0.44% from
other races.
Hispanic
The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or
Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population.
There were 203 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,429, and the median income for a family was $45,833. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $17,813 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the city was $17,475. About 3.8% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
Community
Herman is the home to the Grant County Fair. It was the home of the annual Herman
Iron
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...
Pour, where individuals could learn how to
mold
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and
cast iron
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art.
Notable people
*
Theodore H. Barrett (1834–1900), American military officer
*
Sophronius S. Landt (1842–1926), Wisconsin State Assemblyman, lived in Herman; Landt was the manager of a creamery.
['Funeral At Big Spring For Wisconsin Man Who Dead At Herman, Minn.' Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, October 16, 1926, pg. 1]
*Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Dorothy Houston Jacobson, was born in Herman in 1907.
*
Wayne Olhoft, Minnesota state senator, lived in Herman.
*Mystery writer
Mabel Seeley
Mabel Seeley (née Hodnefield; March 25, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American mystery writer.
Early life
Seeley was born March 25, 1903, in Herman, Minnesota.
Her family moved to St. Paul in 1920 where she attended Mechanic Arts High School ...
was born in Herman in 1903.
References
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Cities in Minnesota
Cities in Grant County, Minnesota