Hibbing | |
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| Motto: We're Ore And More.[1] | |
 Location of the city of Hibbing withinSaint Louis County, Minnesota | |
  Hibbing Location within theUnited States | |
| Coordinates:47°25′2″N92°56′18″W / 47.41722°N 92.93833°W /47.41722; -92.93833 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Saint Louis |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pete Hyduke |
| Area | |
• Total | 186.46 sq mi (482.93 km2) |
| • Land | 182.03 sq mi (471.45 km2) |
| • Water | 4.43 sq mi (11.48 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,490 ft (454 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,214 |
• Estimate (2022)[5] | 16,052 |
| • Density | 89.1/sq mi (34.39/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55746 |
| Area code | 218 |
| FIPS code | 27-28790 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0661469[3] |
| Sales tax | 7.375%[6] |
| Website | hibbingmn.gov |
Hibbing is a city inSaint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the2020 census.[4] The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of theMesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industry today. At the edge of town is the world's largest open-pit iron mine, theHull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine.[7]
Hibbing's main routes areU.S. Highway 169,State Highway 37,State Highway 73, Howard Street, and 1st Avenue. It is about 59 miles (95 km) northwest ofDuluth, Minnesota.
The town was founded in 1893 by Frank Hibbing,[8] born inWalsrode, Germany, on December 1, 1856, and christened Franz Dietrich von Ahlen. His mother died when he was still in infancy and he took her name, Hibbing, when he sought his fortune in the New World. He first settled inBeaver 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 totimber cruising.
In 1887, Hibbing settled inDuluth, where he established a real estate business and began exploring the Vermilion Range. In 1892, he headed a party of 30 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 that led him to believe there were extensive ore deposits.
In July 1893, the townsite of Hibbing was laid out and named in honor of him. Feeling personally responsible, he took 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, Hibbing made his home in Duluth, where many of his business interests were centered. He retained close contact with the community that bore his name until dying ofappendicitis on July 30, 1897, at age 40.
In 1914,Carl Wickman and Andrew "Bus Andy" Anderson started a bus line between Hibbing andAlice, Minnesota, that eventually becameGreyhound Lines, the world's largest bus transportation company. The Greyhound Bus Museum is in Hibbing. Included in the display of Greyhound buses is the famousScenicruiser General Motors made exclusively for Greyhound.[9]
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 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 byLeonidas Merritt. Hibbing grew rapidly in its early years as 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 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, and the company would develop the downtown buildings with low-interest loans that retailers could pay off over the years. New civic structures such asHibbing High School, theAndroy 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 a couple of large hotels. Only one structure did not 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 a business and residential center until the 1940s, when the mining companies bought the remaining structures. The last house was moved in 1968.[10]
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):
On December 1, 1993,Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 crashed near Hibbing, killing all 18 people on board.[11]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 186.46 square miles (482.9 km2), of which 182.03 square miles (471.5 km2) is land and 4.43 square miles (11.5 km2) is water.[12]McCarthy Beach State Park is nearby.
TheNorthern Divide intersects theSt. Lawrence Divide near Hibbing, with waters draining to the Arctic Ocean, theGulf of Mexico and theGreat Lakes.[13]
Hibbing has ahumid continental climate (Köppen:Dfb/Dwb), experiencing all four seasons, but with long winters. Summers are generally warm to very warm, while winters are generally frigid. A freeze has been recorded in every month of the year.
| Climate data for Hibbing, Minnesota (Chisholm-Hibbing Airport), 1991–2020 normals,[a] extremes 1938–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 51 (11) | 60 (16) | 80 (27) | 89 (32) | 95 (35) | 97 (36) | 98 (37) | 95 (35) | 95 (35) | 87 (31) | 72 (22) | 60 (16) | 98 (37) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 38.0 (3.3) | 43.8 (6.6) | 57.5 (14.2) | 72.6 (22.6) | 83.6 (28.7) | 87.1 (30.6) | 88.7 (31.5) | 87.2 (30.7) | 83.2 (28.4) | 74.8 (23.8) | 54.6 (12.6) | 40.1 (4.5) | 90.4 (32.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 16.9 (−8.4) | 22.5 (−5.3) | 35.4 (1.9) | 49.5 (9.7) | 63.4 (17.4) | 72.2 (22.3) | 76.7 (24.8) | 74.9 (23.8) | 65.7 (18.7) | 50.8 (10.4) | 34.3 (1.3) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 48.6 (9.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 6.2 (−14.3) | 10.5 (−11.9) | 23.8 (−4.6) | 37.1 (2.8) | 49.5 (9.7) | 58.9 (14.9) | 63.5 (17.5) | 61.6 (16.4) | 53.0 (11.7) | 40.2 (4.6) | 25.6 (−3.6) | 12.3 (−10.9) | 36.9 (2.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −4.4 (−20.2) | −1.4 (−18.6) | 12.2 (−11.0) | 24.8 (−4.0) | 35.7 (2.1) | 45.7 (7.6) | 50.3 (10.2) | 48.3 (9.1) | 40.3 (4.6) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 16.9 (−8.4) | 3.1 (−16.1) | 25.1 (−3.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −29 (−34) | −25.2 (−31.8) | −14.2 (−25.7) | 10.6 (−11.9) | 23.4 (−4.8) | 32.2 (0.1) | 39.0 (3.9) | 36.7 (2.6) | 25.8 (−3.4) | 16.2 (−8.8) | −3.6 (−19.8) | −22.2 (−30.1) | −32.5 (−35.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −50 (−46) | −44 (−42) | −37 (−38) | −6 (−21) | 14 (−10) | 25 (−4) | 32 (0) | 27 (−3) | 20 (−7) | 0 (−18) | −27 (−33) | −38 (−39) | −50 (−46) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 0.51 (13) | 0.53 (13) | 0.91 (23) | 1.61 (41) | 2.76 (70) | 4.36 (111) | 3.85 (98) | 3.09 (78) | 3.06 (78) | 2.35 (60) | 1.09 (28) | 0.64 (16) | 24.76 (629) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 15.0 (38) | 7.1 (18) | 7.8 (20) | 3.7 (9.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.2 (3.0) | 13.2 (34) | 12.3 (31) | 60.3 (153) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 7.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 112.9 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 10.9 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 10.6 | 46.4 |
| Source:NOAA (snow 1981–2010)[14][15][16] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1900 | 2,481 | — | |
| 1910 | 8,832 | 256.0% | |
| 1920 | 15,089 | 70.8% | |
| 1930 | 15,666 | 3.8% | |
| 1940 | 16,385 | 4.6% | |
| 1950 | 16,276 | −0.7% | |
| 1960 | 17,731 | 8.9% | |
| 1970 | 20,744 | 17.0% | |
| 1980 | 21,193 | 2.2% | |
| 1990 | 18,046 | −14.8% | |
| 2000 | 17,071 | −5.4% | |
| 2010 | 16,361 | −4.2% | |
| 2020 | 16,214 | −0.9% | |
| 2022 (est.) | 16,052 | [5] | −1.0% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[17] 2020 Census[4] | |||
As of thecensus of 2020,[18] the population was 16,214. Thepopulation density was 89.1 inhabitants per square mile (34.4/km2). There were 8,302 housing units at an average density of 45.6 per square mile (17.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 91.3%White, 1.5%Black orAfrican American, 0.9%Native American, 0.5%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, 0.4% fromother races, and 5.4% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 1.6%Hispanic orLatino of any race.
As of thecensus 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% fromother races, and 1.9% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino 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.
As of thecensus of 2000, there were 17,071 people, 7,439 households, and 4,597 families living in the city. The population density was 94.0 inhabitants per square mile (36.3/km2). There were 8,037 housing units at an average density of 44.2 per square mile (17.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.33%White, 0.46%Black, 0.73%Native American, 0.27%Asian, 0.01%Pacific Islander, 0.19% fromother races, and 1.01% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 0.68% of the population. 17.1% were of German, 12.4%Finnish, 10.5%Norwegian, 9.4% Italian, 6.4% Irish and 5.9%Swedish ancestry.
There were 7,439 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,346, and the median income for a family was $43,558. Males had a median income of $38,064 versus $22,183 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,561. About 8.1% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 1960 | 3,299 | 35.75% | 5,908 | 64.02% | 21 | 0.23% |
| 1964 | 2,283 | 26.48% | 6,326 | 73.38% | 12 | 0.14% |
| 1968 | 2,282 | 26.42% | 6,131 | 70.99% | 224 | 2.59% |
| 1976 | 2,909 | 30.74% | 6,355 | 67.16% | 198 | 2.09% |
| 1980 | 3,119 | 28.54% | 6,962 | 63.71% | 846 | 7.74% |
| 1984 | 3,000 | 30.32% | 6,894 | 69.68% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1988 | 2,853 | 30.51% | 6,498 | 69.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1992 | 1,936 | 20.67% | 5,548 | 59.25% | 1,880 | 20.08% |
| 1996 | 2,000 | 24.59% | 5,136 | 63.16% | 996 | 12.25% |
| 2000 | 2,726 | 32.00% | 5,277 | 61.95% | 515 | 6.05% |
| 2004 | 2,924 | 31.90% | 6,154 | 67.15% | 87 | 0.95% |
| 2008 | 2,914 | 33.44% | 5,629 | 64.60% | 171 | 1.96% |
| 2012 | 2,863 | 33.84% | 5,418 | 64.04% | 179 | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 3,681 | 46.35% | 3,674 | 46.26% | 587 | 7.39% |
| 2020 | 4,266 | 49.74% | 4,094 | 47.74% | 216 | 2.52% |
| 2024 | 4,338 | 51.83% | 3,840 | 45.88% | 191 | 2.28% |
Hibbing is home toMinnesota North College – Hibbing, a two-year community and technical college.
Hibbing High School, a public school serving grades 7–12, was built between 1920 and 1926 in theTudor Revival style; it received the Bellamy Award in 1968 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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TheHibbing Daily Tribune newspaper was founded in Hibbing in 1893 and served readers in Saint Louis County. In 2020 it merged with theMesabi Daily News to become theMesabi Tribune of Virginia, Minnesota. TheTribune is owned byAdams Publishing Group. It is published daily, except Monday, with a circulation of 3,749 in 2019.[20]
Hibbing is the hometown of singer-songwriterBob Dylan,[21] NBA Hall-of-FamerKevin McHale, MLB outfielderRoger Maris, and former Governor of MinnesotaRudy Perpich.
In the filmThe Great Flamarion, Connie tells Flamarion she is going to Hibbing for three months.
Hibbing is the setting for two episodes of the fantasy horror television seriesSupernatural.
Bazooka andTripwire, fictionalG.I. Joe characters, were born in Hibbing.
Michael York's character in the filmWrongfully Accused is named Hibbing Goodhue. Many of the characters' names are based on Minnesota cities.
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