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Sebeka
Buildings on Sebeka's main street, Minnesota Avenue.
Buildings on Sebeka's main street, Minnesota Avenue.
Motto(s): 
Small enough to know you, large enough to serve you.
Location of Sebeka, Minnesota
Location of Sebeka, Minnesota
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Wadena
Incorporated March 19, 1898
Area
 • Total 2.47 sq mi (6.40 km2)
 • Land 2.47 sq mi (6.40 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,385 ft (422 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 741
 • Density 299.64/sq mi (115.69/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56477
Area code(s) 218
FIPS code 27-59152
GNIS feature ID 2396566
Website http://www.cityofsebeka.org/

Sebeka (/səˈbkə/ sə-BEE-kə) is a city in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 711 at the 2010 census. The name comes from an Ojibwe word meaning "town by the water".

U.S. Highway 71, State Highway 227, and the historic Jefferson Highway (now Jefferson Avenue), are three of the main routes in the city.

History

Sebeka originally grew around the depot of the K-line branch of the Great Northern Railway, which first came through the area in 1892. The first major industry in the area was logging. The town's first store was the Anderson Pioneer Store. The town was incorporated on March 19, 1898. Its population has gone from 233 in 1900 to a peak of 818 in 1960.

Sebeka MN post office
Sebeka post office.

Point of interest

In the Sebeka High School building is a mural, painted in 1938, by artist Richard Haines that demonstrates the casein paint process as used in fresco-painting. Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.47 square miles (6.40 km2), all of it land.

The Redeye River flows through the city.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 223
1910 428 91.9%
1920 585 36.7%
1930 548 −6.3%
1940 648 18.2%
1950 802 23.8%
1960 823 2.6%
1970 668 −18.8%
1980 774 15.9%
1990 662 −14.5%
2000 710 7.3%
2010 711 0.1%
2020 741 4.2%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 711 people, 321 households, and 182 families residing in the city. The population density was 287.9 inhabitants per square mile (111.2/km2). There were 364 housing units at an average density of 147.4 per square mile (56.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.9% White, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population.

There were 321 households, of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.3% were non-families. 38.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% 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 2.96.

The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.1% were from 45 to 64; and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female.

Notable people

  • Kenneth Arnold, a pilot who reported a widely covered UFO sighting, was born in Sebeka.
  • Carrie Lee, named Miss Minnesota USA in 2005, is a native of Sebeka.
  • Dick Stigman, a Major League Baseball player, attended and graduated from Sebeka High School.
  • Patrick Volkerding, founder and maintainer of Slackware, is a resident of Sebeka since 2005.

Radio stations

FM radio
AM radio
  • 870 KPRM Classic Country News/Talk
  • 1070 KSKK Country, 10,000 Watts
  • 1570 KAKK Oldies 1570, 10,000 Watts

See also

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