Afton, Iowa

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Afton
Union County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Afton Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1868 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Union County
Coordinates : 41 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 12 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 845 (as of 2010)
Population density : 330.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.56 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 378 m
Postal code : 50830
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-00595
GNIS ID : 454101

Afton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Union County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Afton had 845 residents, the number of which decreased slightly to 844 by 2013.

geography

Afton is located in the central southwest of Iowa. The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs 52 km south. About 140 km west of Afton, the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska .

The geographical coordinates of Afton are 41 ° 01'39 "north latitude and 94 ° 11'53" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.56 km² and is the largest town within the Union Township .

Neighboring towns of Afton are Macksburg (14 miles north), Lorimor (14 miles northeast), Thayer (13.5 miles east), Arispe (9.8 miles southwest) and Creston (10 miles west-northwest).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (114 km northeast), Iowa's former capital Iowa City (296 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (319 km in the same direction), Kansas City in Missouri (252 km south), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (242 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (177 km west-northwest), and Sioux City (319 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highways 34 and 169 meet the urban area of Afton in the north. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for the freight traffic of the BNSF Railway runs in a west-east direction through the urban area of ​​Afton. This route is also used by Amtrak's California Zephyr , which runs from Chicago to San Francisco and has a station in neighboring Creston to the west.

With the Creston Municipal Airport is located 18 km to the west a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (104 km northeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 961 -
1880 1231 28.1%
1890 1045 -15.1%
1900 1178 12.7%
1910 1014 -13.9%
1920 926 -8.7%
1930 1013 9.4%
1940 987 -2.6%
1950 936 -5.2%
1960 773 -17.4%
1970 823 6.5%
1980 985 19.7%
1990 953 -3.2%
2000 917 -3.8%
2010 845 -7.9%
2013 estimate 844 -0.1%
1870-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Afton had 845 people in 355 households. The population density was 330.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 355 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

26.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,917  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,141. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 23, 2015
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 23, 2015
  3. ↑ AirNav.com - Osceola Municipal Airport Accessed on 23 February 2015
  4. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved February 23, 2015

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