Forada, Minnesota

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City Description

Forada is a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 197 at the 2000 census. Forada's history is closely aligned with that of Czech immigrants, so much that in the 1980s a newspaper columnist in Alexandria dubbed the area "Little Bohemia." Forada was established by the Soo Line Railroad to serve as a midway stop between the cities of Alexandria and Glenwood. The town was named "Forada" because the surveyor who laid out the town wanted to name it for his wife, Ada, but there was already a town in Minnesota by that name. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it is land and 1.85% is water. Minnesota State Highway 29 and County Highway 4 are two of the main routes in the community. As of the census of 2000, there were 197 people, 82 households, and 63 families residing in the city. The population density was 370.5 people per square mile (143.5/km²). There were 118 housing units at an average density of 221.9/sq mi (86.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White. There were 82 households out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18

City Contained By:

• Douglas County
• Minnesota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 1.29499405517 km squared

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