Aplington
| Aplington | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1857 (created) 1877 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Butler County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 92 ° 53 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,128 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 524.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.15 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 297 m |
| Postal code : | 50604 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-02395 |
| GNIS ID : | 454209 |
| Website : | www.aplingtonia.com |
| Mayor : | Jason Mehmen |
Aplington is a small town (with the status " City ") in Butler County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Aplington had 1,128 residents, the number of which had decreased to 1,119 by 2013.
geography
Aplington is located in northeastern Iowa on Beaver Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Cedar River and the Iowa River . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois , around 170 km east . The Minnesota border runs approximately 120 km north of Aplington.
The geographical coordinates of Aplington are 42 ° 35'03 "north latitude and 92 ° 53'04" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.15 km² and is the largest town in the Monroe Township .
Neighboring towns to Aplington are Allison (16.6 miles north-northeast), Parkersburg (8.6 km east), Stout (20.1 km east-southeast), Wellsburg (20.9 km south-southwest), Ackley (17.2 km west-southwest), Kesley (10.9 km north-northwest) and Dumont (25.6 km in the same direction).
The nearest major cities are Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (199 km east), Waterloo (52.8 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (143 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (270 km in the same direction), Iowa's capital Des Moines (150 km south-southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (302 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (184 km north-northeast), La Crosse in Wisconsin (259 km northeast) and Wisconsin's capital, Madison (348 km east-northeast).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 57 extends in the east-west direction as the main road through the urban area of Aplington. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Aplington runs parallel to IA 57, a freight line for the Canadian National Railway (CN).
The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 45 km east-southeast , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 427 | - | |
| 1900 | 427 | 0% | |
| 1910 | 448 | 4.9% | |
| 1920 | 598 | 33.5% | |
| 1930 | 622 | 4% | |
| 1940 | 588 | -5.5% | |
| 1950 | 702 | 19.4% | |
| 1960 | 840 | 19.7% | |
| 1970 | 936 | 11.4% | |
| 1980 | 1027 | 9.7% | |
| 1990 | 1034 | 0.7% | |
| 2000 | 1054 | 1.9% | |
| 2010 | 1128 | 7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1119 | -0.8% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Aplington had 1,128 people in 461 households. The population density was 524.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 461 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.2 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.3 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 48.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.2 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was at 48,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,273. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Aplington - City Government.Retrieved November 19, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 19, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 19, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved November 19, 2014