Wheaton, Minnesota
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Wheaton is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,619 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Traverse County6.
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[edit] Geography
Wheaton lies along the Mustinka River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.6 km² (1.8 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,619 people, 747 households, and 434 families residing in the city. The population density was 351.2/km² (909.2/mi²). There were 907 housing units at an average density of 196.7/km² (509.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.20% White, 0.37% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, and 0.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population.
There were 747 households out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 39.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 32.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 86.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,219, and the median income for a family was $41,827. Males had a median income of $30,313 versus $19,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,181. About 7.2% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Trivia
This town was the subject of a parody article by The Onion on 30 November 2005. The article described what could be taken as typical small-town Midwestern events as vile debauchery and gross moral violations. [1]
[edit] WAHS
The Wheaton Area High School sports teams are on a hot streak as the 2006 softball team placed 4th in state tournament play. The 2006 volleyball team also placed 6th in state and the football team made a state run, finishing 2nd in 9-Man Section competition. This winter sports season, the Wheaton-Herman-Norcross Bulletts wrestling team also advanced to the Xcel Energy Center, and the Boys Basketball team is looking tough heading into playoff time. The students of WAHS are eagerly awaiting the spring sports season, as an experienced Warrior Baseball Team has high expectations, and the softball teams looks to follow up their 06 success.
Not to be overlooked, the High School Knowledge Bowl team is having a record season themselves. In four meets, they have taken third place honors twice, second place once, and gave WAHS its first Knowledge Bowl tournament victory (in recent memory), winning the Herman meet by 20 points. After placing second in the Lakes County region meet the Knowledge Bowl team also recieved Wheaton's first ever state tournament berth. On April 17th, the squad will be heading up to Brainerd Minnesota in hopes of capturing some hardware.
