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City
Location of Storden, Minnesota
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cottonwood
platted	July 8, 1903
Government
• Type	Mayor - Council
Area
• Total	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2)
• Land	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,398 ft (426 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	225
• Density	1,018.10/sq mi (392.39/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56174
Area code(s)	507
FIPS code	27-63022
GNIS feature ID	2395975

Storden is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 219 at the 2010 census.

History

The town of Storden was platted July 8, 1903 and named in honor of the area's first settler, Nels Storden, an immigrant from Norway. According to the Storden Centennial book written in 2003, the name “Storden” was adopted on March 30, 1875, named for the island of Stord near Bergen in Norway. Stord is a large island in the west coast province of Sunnhordland and is located at the mouth of the Hardangerfjord.

Storden Baptist Church was established on July 12, 1879. Amo Lutheran Church was founded in 1887.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.57 km²), all land.

Minnesota State Highway 30 and County Highway 5 are two of the main routes in the community.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 219 people, 104 households, and 57 families residing in the city. The population density was 995.5 inhabitants per square mile (384.4/km²). There were 124 housing units at an average density of 563.6 per square mile (217.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.8% White, 1.4% African American, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 104 households, of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.2% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the city was 44.8 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.9% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.1% male and 47.9% female.

Educational institutions

Storden is part of the consolidated Red Rock Central School District. The district comprises the southwestern Minnesota towns of Sanborn, Lamberton, Jeffers, and Storden with the Elementary School and Red Rock Central High School in Lamberton. The school mascot is the Falcon. From 1971 until consolidation with Sanborn and Lamberton in 1992, Storden was combined with Jeffers as the Storden-Jeffers Senior High School. The school's mascot was the Chiefs. Prior to 1971, the Storden High School "Tigers" played in the Red Rock Conference with other neighboring schools like Westbrook, Jeffers, Sanborn, Lamberton, and Walnut Grove. Other sports only pairings included Windom-Storden-Jeffers for cross-country from the late 80s to 1992. In 1990 Westbrook-Storden Jeffers (Chargers) were paired for football, and again from 91-92 as the Red Rock Chargers that added Walnut Grove to Westbrook Storden Jeffers.

Notable residents

• Thomas Bondhus, Minnesota State representative.

See also

In Spanish: Storden (Minnesota) para niños