Bovey ( ) is a city in

Itasca County, Minnesota Itasca County ( ) is a county located in the Iron Range region of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. Its county seat is Grand Rapids. The county is named after Lake Itasca, which is in turn a shorte ...

, United States. It is part of Minnesota's

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. The population was 829 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. In recent years, the city, along with its neighbors

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and

Taconite Taconite () is a variety of banded iron formation, an iron-bearing (over 15% iron) sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate. The name ''taconyte'' was coined by Horace Vaughn Winchell (1865– ...

, has been under a serious threat of flooding from the nearby Canisteo Mine Pit. The pit, which comprises a series of 19 mines that ceased to be worked in 1985, has now become a lake some 4.8 miles long and up to 300 ft deep. In June 2011 the water level was recorded as having reached 1316.1 feet above

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, higher than low-lying areas of the town. A project to drain some of the lake to prevent it overflowing and swamping the town was due to commence in mid-2011. The most recent

pit water Pit water, mine water or mining water is water that collects in a mine and which has to be brought to the surface by water management methods in order to enable the mine to continue working. Origin Although all water that enters pit workings or ...

level is 1316.60 MSL.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 804 people, 334 households, and 200 families living in the city. The

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was . There were 380 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.8%

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, 0.2%

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, 2.4%

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, 0.4% Asian, and 3.2% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 334 households, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were

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living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.1% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age in the city was 33.5 years. 25.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 21% were from 45 to 64; and 14.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.

2000 census

As of the 2000

, there were 662 people, 302 households, and 169 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 326 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.98%

, 2.11%

, 0.15% Asian, and 0.76% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. There were 302 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were

living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.0% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.83. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,662, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $28,571 versus $19,500 for females. The

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for the city was $16,127. About 19.5% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the

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, including 46.6% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Bovey hosts an annual harvest festival known as ''Farmer's Day'', which festivities typically occur during Labor Day weekend. The holiday culminates with a parade on Labor Day, which is officially Farmer's Day.

Notable people

Eric Enstrom Eric Enstrom (1875 – November 16, 1968) was a Swedish-born American photographer. Born near Mora, Sweden, he became famous for his 1918 photograph of Charles Wilden in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo is now known as ''Grace'' and depicts Wilden s ...

- photographer, notable for his photograph ''

Grace Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uni ...

'' which ultimately became the official photograph of Minnesota *

Adam Hauser Adam Aaron Hauser (born May 27, 1980) is an American former ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005–06 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2002 to 2012, w ...

– NHL goaltender born and raised in Bovey. *

Richard Hongisto Richard Duane Hongisto (December 16, 1936, Bovey, Minnesota, Bovey, Minnesota – November 4, 2004, San Francisco, California) was a businessman, politician, sheriff, and police chief of San Francisco, California, and Cleveland, Ohio. Early ...

– San Francisco politician born in Bovey. * George Gilbert Wangensteen – Minnesota state legislator and lawyer

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities in Minnesota Cities in Itasca County, Minnesota Mining communities in Minnesota