Anamosa
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 Downtown Anamosa |
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| Location in the state of Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1838 (as a settlement) 1856 (incorporation) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Jones County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 7 ′ N , 91 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,533 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 822.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.76 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.73 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 253 m |
| Postal code : | 52205 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-01990 |
| GNIS ID : | 19-01990 |
| Website : | www.anamosa-iowa.org |
| Mayor : | Rod Smith |
Anamosa is a small town in the eastern part of the US state Iowa and also the county seat of Jones County . The settlement emerged from 1838 after the arrival of Buffalo Forks and was officially founded in 1856 as Lexington . The population of Anamosa is 5533 at the 2010 census .
history
The settlement was incorporated under the name Lexington in 1856 . In 1877 the place name was changed to Anamosa to avoid confusion with other places of the name Lexington. There are many legends about the name Anamosa, some believe that Anamosa was the name of a Native American girl, others believe that it means “You walk with me” (in English “You walk with me”). However, the city was actually named after an Indian princess named Anamosa. She was popular with the townspeople, and after the family moved out of town, the townspeople decided to name their town Lexington after her.
geography
The river Wapsipinicon flows through Anamosa, popularly it is also called Wapsi. The US Highway 151 and Iowa Highway 64 running through the city. The geographic height of Anamosa is 253 m, the total area is 6.76 km²; of which 6.73 km² is land and 0.03 km² is water.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the city had 5,533 people, of which 1,941 were households and 1,163 were families. The population density was 821.7 inhabitants per km ². The ethnic makeup of the city was 91.1% White, 6.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.4% from other races. 2.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,941 households, 30.1% had children under the age of 18. 41.4% were married couples living together. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.1% of households were made up of single people who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 people and the average family size was 2.87 people.
The median age in the city was 39.6 years. 19.6% of the population were younger than 18 years; 8.8% were between 18 and 24 years old; 29.8% were 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 56.8% men and 43.2% women.
Attractions
Anamosa is home to the Anamosa State Penitentiary , formerly known as the Iowa Men's Reformatory, a medium to maximum security prison. The prison is the largest in Iowa and houses over 1,200 male inmates. Founded in 1872, it was built from locally quarried anamosa limestone in the style of a castle, which gave the prison its nickname, the White Palace of the West . Also located on the prison grounds is the Anamosa State Penitenitiary Museum , which contains exhibits about prison life from its entire history. The prison offers guided tours on a regular basis. The prison's own cemetery has around 120 graves.
Anamosa was the birthplace and burial place of the realistic artist Grant Wood. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery next to a large monument of a reclining lion. In the Grant Wood Art Gallery on Main Street, visitors can view a collection of satirical interpretations of his most famous work, American Gothic.
The town of Stone City is northwest of Anamosa and was the site of several paintings by Grant Wood. Historic buildings made of local limestone still stand. The quarry that supplied the limestone still exists today as the Weber Stone Company .
Personalities
- Clem F. Kimball (born August 11, 1868 in Anamosa, † September 10, 1928 in Council Bluffsa ), lawyer and Republican politician
- Lawrence Schoonover (born March 6, 1906 in Anamosa, † January 8, 1980 in Mineola ), writer
- Grant Wood , called Grant Wood , (born February 13, 1891 in Anamosa, † February 12, 1942 in Iowa City ), painter
- Marshal Yanda (born September 15, 1984 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa), former American football player who grew up in Anamosa.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company: A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways . No. 2 , 1908, p. 201 .
- ^ Robert McClain: History of Jones County: Past & Present, Iowa . Ed .: SJ Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago 1910.
- ↑ United States Census 2010.
- ^ Anamosa State Penitentiary. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ^ Anamosa State Penitentiary. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ USA behind bars: Anamosa maximum security prison. December 9, 2019, accessed April 1, 2020 .