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Welcome to Bird Island ...The city of Bird Island is located in Renville County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bird Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. A typical abbreviation for Bird Island: Bird Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bird Island has a population of 960 people<2> (see below for details). Bird Island is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Bird Island lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Bird Island is within the boundaries of the (320) area code. The ZIP code for Bird Island: 55310<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bird Island had an population of 960 people. This is a decrease of 7.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 19.67% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bird Island had a population of 1,042 people (or 6.62% of the total population of Renville County). This makes Bird Island the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Bird Island represents 0.02% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 356th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,042 people, the population of Bird Island decreased 12.8% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,195 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bird Island. Communities near Bird Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bird Island.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bird Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bird Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bird Island. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bird Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bird Island. See our Newspapers Page for Bird Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bird Island ...Looking for more information about Bird Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Bird Island, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bird Island. Adding Bird Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bird Island in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bird Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Bird Island in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bird Island. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bird Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Renville County: www.co.renville.mn.us/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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