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Sibley County, Minnesota
2013-0415-SibleyCtyCourthouse
Sibley County Courthouse
Map of Minnesota highlighting Sibley County
Location in the state of Minnesota
Map of the U.S
Minnesota's location in the U.S.
Founded March 5, 1853
Named for Henry Hastings Sibley
Seat Gaylord
Largest city Gaylord
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

601 sq mi (1,557 km²)
589 sq mi (1,526 km²)
12 sq mi (31 km²), 2.0%
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

14,836
25.2/sq mi (10/km²)
Congressional district 7th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website www.co.sibley.mn.us

Sibley County is a county in the South Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,836.[1] Its county seat is Gaylord.[2] Sibley County was part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area from 2013 to September 2018.[3]

History[]

The county was created on March 5, 1853.[4] It was named for Henry Hastings Sibley.[5]

The county seat was first established at Henderson. A courthouse was built there and placed into service in 1879. It was used in that capacity until 1915, when the county seat was moved to Gaylord (after Gaylord residents presented a petition to county supervisors). Now the Henderson Community Building, the original courthouse presently houses Henderson City offices.[6]

Geography[]

The Minnesota River flows northeastward along Sibley County's eastern border. It is fed by the Rush River, whose three branches drain the lower part of the county before merging and then meeting the Minnesota below Henderson. Bevens Creek drains the upper part of the county, flowing northeastward into Carver County. The county terrain consists of rolling hills etched with drainages and dotted with lakes and ponds, with the area devoted to agriculture.[7] The terrain slopes to the east and north, with its highest point near its northwest corner at 1,083' (330m) ASL.[8] The county has an area of 601 square miles (1,560 km2), of which 589 square miles (1,530 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (2.0%) is water.[9] Most of the Rush River's watershed is in Sibley County.File:Sibley Co Pie Chart No Text Version.pdf

Major highways[]

  • US 169 (MN) U.S. Highway 169
  • MN-5 Minnesota State Highway 5
  • MN-15 Minnesota State Highway 15
  • MN-19 Minnesota State Highway 19
  • MN-22 Minnesota State Highway 22
  • MN-25 Minnesota State Highway 25
  • MN-93 Minnesota State Highway 93

Adjacent counties[]

Lakes[7][]

  • Altnow Lake: in Dryden Township
  • Beatty Lake: in Dryden Township
  • Clear Lake: northern half is in Severance Township; southern half is in Nicollet County
  • Curran Lake: in Green Isle Township
  • Erin Lake
  • Hahn Lake: in New Auburn Township
  • High Island Lake: in New Auburn Township
  • Indian Lake: in Transit Township
  • Kerry Lake: in Faxon Township
  • Kirby Lake
  • Mud Lake: in Dryden Township
  • Mud Lake: there is another Mud Lake in New Auburn Township northwest of Hahn Lake
  • Mud Lake: there is a third Mud Lake in New Auburn Township southeast of Hahn Lake
  • Mud Lake: there is a fourth Mud Lake in Severance Township
  • Mud Lakes: three lakes in Washington Lake Township
  • Round Grove Lake
  • Sand Lake: western two thirds is in Cornish Township; the eastern third is in Alfsborg Township
  • Schauer Lake: in Green Isle Township
  • Schilling Lake: in New Auburn Township
  • Severance Lake: in Green Isle Township
  • Silver Lake: in Jessenland Township
  • Swan Lake: in Severance Township
  • Titlow Lake: in Dryden Township: the North Branch Rush River starts at this lake.
  • Ward Lake (part)
  • Washington Lake: in Washington Lake Township

Protected areas[7][]

  • Altnow Marsh State Wildlife Management Area
  • Indian Lake State Wildlife Management Area
  • Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (part)
  • Revanche Wildlife Management Area
  • Rush River County Park

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1860 3,609
1870 6,725 86.3%
1880 10,637 58.2%
1890 15,199 42.9%
1900 16,862 10.9%
1910 15,540 −7.8%
1920 15,635 0.6%
1930 15,865 1.5%
1940 16,625 4.8%
1950 15,816 −4.9%
1960 16,228 2.6%
1970 15,845 −2.4%
1980 15,448 −2.5%
1990 14,366 −7.0%
2000 15,356 6.9%
2010 15,226 −0.8%
Est. 2021 14,917 [11] −2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
1790-1960[13] 1900-1990[14]
1990-2000[15] 2010-2020[1]
USA Sibley County, Minnesota age pyramid

Age pyramid of county residents based on 2000 US census data

Schauer gravestone- Sibley county MN

German graves in ME Cemetery, evidence of German settlers

2000 census[]

As of the 2000 census, there were 15,356 people, 5,772 households, and 4,086 families in the county. The population density was 26.1/sqmi (10.1/km2). There were 6,024 housing units at an average density of 10.2/sqmi (3.95/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 95.57% White, 0.12% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 3.09% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 5.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 65.7% were of German and 6.3% Norwegian ancestry.

There were 5,772 households, of which 33.6% had children under 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.14.

The county population was 27.7% under 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% 65 or older. The median age was 37. For every 100 females there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 99.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,458, and the median income for a family was $48,923. Males had a median income of $31,002 versus $22,527 for females. The per capita income was $18,004. About 5.1% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under 18 and 7.8% of those 65 or over.

2020 Census[]

Sibley County Racial Composition[16]
Race Num. Perc.
White (NH) 12,942 87.23%
Black or African American (NH) 81 0.6%
Native American (NH) 30 0.2%
Asian (NH) 72 0.5%
Pacific Islander (NH) 10 0.07%
Other/Mixed (NH) 386 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino 1,315 8.9%

Communities[]

Cities[]

  • Arlington
  • Gaylord (county seat)
  • Gibbon
  • Green Isle
  • Henderson
  • Le Sueur (mostly in Le Sueur County)
  • New Auburn
  • Winthrop

Unincorporated communities[]

  • Assumption (partial)
  • New Rome
  • Rush River

Townships[]

  • Alfsborg Township
  • Arlington Township
  • Bismarck Township
  • Cornish Township
  • Dryden Township
  • Faxon Township
  • Grafton Township
  • Green Isle Township
  • Henderson Township
  • Jessenland Township
  • Kelso Township
  • Moltke Township
  • New Auburn Township
  • Severance Township
  • Sibley Township
  • Transit Township
  • Washington Lake Township

Politics[]

During the Third Party System, Sibley was a strongly Democratic county due its German Catholic populace's opposition to the Republican Party's pietism. It voted Democratic in every presidential election until William Jennings Bryan’s Populist-backed free silver campaign drove its voters to William McKinley. Except when voting for Robert La Follette in 1924 and Franklin D. Roosevelt during his two 1930s landslides, Sibley County has been strongly Republican since 1896. It was one of only four Minnesota counties to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and in no presidential election since 1936 has the Democratic nominee won a majority. In 1992, Sibley was Ross Perot’s strongest county in Minnesota, losing by only 14 votes to Bill Clinton, whose pluralities in this and the 1996 election are the only Democratic victories in Sibley County since 1940.

United States presidential election results for Sibley County, Minnesota[17]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 5,864 69.38% 2,417 28.60% 171 2.02%
2016 5,193 66.80% 1,954 25.14% 627 8.07%
2012 4,693 60.05% 2,916 37.31% 206 2.64%
2008 4,492 58.12% 2,998 38.79% 239 3.09%
2004 4,669 58.74% 3,109 39.11% 171 2.15%
2000 4,087 55.72% 2,687 36.63% 561 7.65%
1996 2,590 38.96% 2,769 41.66% 1,288 19.38%
1992 2,315 32.22% 2,421 33.70% 2,449 34.08%
1988 3,655 52.67% 3,154 45.45% 130 1.87%
1984 4,638 62.10% 2,761 36.97% 69 0.92%
1980 4,460 58.36% 2,521 32.99% 661 8.65%
1976 3,871 49.25% 3,752 47.74% 237 3.02%
1972 4,543 64.17% 2,433 34.36% 104 1.47%
1968 4,250 59.41% 2,540 35.50% 364 5.09%
1964 3,854 51.83% 3,577 48.10% 5 0.07%
1960 4,987 66.12% 2,541 33.69% 14 0.19%
1956 4,737 69.23% 2,099 30.68% 6 0.09%
1952 5,323 73.79% 1,871 25.94% 20 0.28%
1948 3,260 52.95% 2,818 45.77% 79 1.28%
1944 4,311 71.56% 1,683 27.94% 30 0.50%
1940 5,564 73.32% 1,986 26.17% 39 0.51%
1936 2,184 32.43% 4,140 61.47% 411 6.10%
1932 1,398 22.42% 4,756 76.27% 82 1.31%
1928 3,301 55.94% 2,553 43.26% 47 0.80%
1924 1,749 34.57% 341 6.74% 2,970 58.70%
1920 4,198 85.94% 502 10.28% 185 3.79%
1916 1,737 62.37% 973 34.94% 75 2.69%
1912 383 15.14% 890 35.19% 1,256 49.66%
1908 1,623 57.92% 1,110 39.61% 69 2.46%
1904 1,628 69.22% 662 28.15% 62 2.64%
1900 1,736 56.24% 1,272 41.21% 79 2.56%
1896 1,826 57.97% 1,251 39.71% 73 2.32%
1892 950 37.79% 1,191 47.37% 373 14.84%



See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Sibley County, Minnesota

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Sibley County, Minnesota" (in en). United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sibleycountyminnesota/PST045221. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Delineation Files" (in EN-US). https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/demo/metro-micro/delineation-files.html. 
  4. ^ "Minnesota Place Names". Minnesota Historical Society. http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/county.cfm. 
  5. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 518. https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog. 
  6. ^ Visitors page (Henderson City website)
  7. ^ a b c Sibley County MN Google Maps (accessed April 8, 2019)
  8. ^ "Find an Altitude/Sibley County MN" Google Maps (accessed April 8, 2019)
  9. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt. 
  10. ^ Nelson, Steven (2011). Savanna Soils of Minnesota. Minnesota: Self. pp. 65 - 67. ISBN 978-0-615-50320-2.
  11. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html. 
  12. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html. 
  13. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  14. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mn190090.txt. 
  15. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  16. ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sibley County, Minnesota". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Sibley%20County,%20Minnesota&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2. 
  17. ^ Leip, David. "Atlas of US Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 

External links[]

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