Aurelia, Iowa

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Aurelia
Cherokee County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Aurelia Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1879 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Cherokee County
Coordinates : 42 ° 43 ′  N , 95 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′  N , 95 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,036 (as of 2010)
Population density : 385.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.69 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 423 m
Postal code : 51005
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-03745
GNIS ID : 454283
Website : www.aureliaia.com
Mayor : Justin Schulenberg

Aurelia is a small town (with the status " City ") in Cherokee County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Aurelia had 1,036 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 1,033 by 2013.

geography

Aurelia is located in northwest Iowa, around 100 km east-northeast of the intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota . The Minnesota border runs 100 km north of Aurelia.

The geographical coordinates of Aurelia are 42 ° 42'46 "north latitude and 95 ° 26'12" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.69 km² and is the largest town within the Pitcher Township .

Neighboring towns to Aurelia are Alta (12 km east-southeast), Storm Lake (13.3 km in the same direction), Galva (25.9 km south), Quimby (25.7 km southwest), and Cherokee (13.3 km west-northwest) .

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (391 km to the northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (374 km to the east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (364 km to the east-southeast), Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (259 km to the southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (455 km south-southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (204 km south-southwest), Sioux City (99.4 km west-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (190 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 7 into a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Aurelia. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) freight railroad runs through the urban area of ​​Aurelia from west to east .

With the Cherokee County Regional Airport there is a small airfield 12 km west-northwest. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (265 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (197 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (104 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (205 km northwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 225 -
1890 663 194.7%
1900 621 -6.3%
1910 625 0.6%
1920 708 13.3%
1930 723 2.1%
1940 752 4%
1950 807 7.3%
1960 904 12%
1970 1065 17.8%
1980 1143 7.3%
1990 1034 -9.5%
2000 1062 2.7%
2010 1036 -2.4%
2013 estimate 1033 -0.3%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Aurelia had 1,036 people in 426 households. The population density was 385.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 426 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was at 47,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,233. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Aurelia - Government ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aureliaia.com
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 2, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 2, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Cherokee County Regional Airport Accessed on December 2, 2014
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 2, 2014

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