Avoca (Iowa)
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 Street in Avoca |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1969 (settled) 1874 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Pottawattamie County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 29 ′ N , 95 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,506 (as of 2010) 915,184 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 272.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.52 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 363 m |
| Postal code : | 51521 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-03970 |
| GNIS ID : | 454290 |
| Website : | www.cityofavoca.com |
Avoca is a city (with the status " City ") in Pottawattamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Avoca had 1,506 inhabitants, the number of which did not change until 2014.
Avoca is part of both sides of the Missouri in the states of Iowa and Nebraska situated metropolitan Omaha -Council Bluffs.
geography
Avoca is located in western Iowa on the West Nishnabotna River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Nishnabotna River and the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Avoca are 41 ° 28'36 "north latitude and 95 ° 20'17" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.52 km². Avoca is the largest town within Knox Township .
Neighboring towns to Avoca are Harlan (13 miles north), Walnut (9.9 km east), Hancock (11.7 km south-southwest), Minden ( 11.7 km west), and Shelby (13.9 km west-northwest).
The closest major cities are Sioux City (175 km northwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (150 km east), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (77.2 km southwest) and Nebraska's capital Lincoln (157 km in the same direction).
traffic
Interstate Highway 80 runs through the north of the urban area of Avoca in an east-west direction and is the shortest connection from Des Moines to Omaha here. At the height of the center of the crosses US Highway 59 and is the main street of the city, crossing the city center to Iowa Highway 83 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Harlan Municipal Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation located 11.9 km north . The nearest commercial airports are Eppley Airfield in Omaha (77.4 km southwest) and Des Moines International Airport (175 km east).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1627 | - | |
| 1910 | 1520 | -6.6% | |
| 1920 | 1482 | -2.5% | |
| 1930 | 1673 | 12.9% | |
| 1940 | 1598 | -4.5% | |
| 1950 | 1595 | -0.2% | |
| 1960 | 1540 | -3.4% | |
| 1970 | 1535 | -0.3% | |
| 1980 | 1650 | 7.5% | |
| 1990 | 1497 | -9.3% | |
| 2000 | 1610 | 7.5% | |
| 2010 | 1506 | -6.5% | |
| 2014 estimate | 1506 | 0% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2014 | |||
history
In 1869, the place Avoca was founded with the construction of a railway line of the then Rock Island Railroad from Des Moines to Council Bluffs. The name is derived from the Irish fairy tale Vale of Avoca . Avoca was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1874.
population
According to the 2010 census , Avoca had 1,506 people in 662 households. The population density was 272.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 662 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 48,792 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,541. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Richard Beymer (born 1938) - actor - born in Avoca
- Edwin Meredith (1876–1928) - Minister of Agriculture (1920–1921) - born and raised in Avoca
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 14, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 14, 2016
- ↑ AirNav.com - Harlan Municipal Airport Accessed on January 14, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 14, 2016
- ↑ City of Avoca - History.Retrieved January 14, 2016
- ↑ city-data.com - Avoca, IA. Retrieved January 14, 2016