Belle Plaine, Iowa
| Belle Plaine | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1862 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Benton County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 54 ′ N , 92 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
2,534 (as of 2010) 257,940 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 302.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.37 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 253 m |
| Postal code : | 52208 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-05590 |
| GNIS ID : | 454495 |
| Website : | www.belleplaineiowa.us |
| Mayor : | Dave Fish |
 The King Theater in Belle Plaine |
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Belle Plaine is a city (with the status " City ") in Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Belle Plaine had 2534 inhabitants.
Belle Plaine is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Cedar Rapids .
geography
Belle Plaine is located in eastern Iowa in the extreme southwest corner of Benton County. The city is not far from the left bank of the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 120 km east . The Minnesota border runs 180 km north and the Missouri border is 180 km south of the city .
The geographical coordinates of Belle Plaine are 41 ° 53'49 "north latitude and 92 ° 16'42" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 8.37 km².
Neighboring towns of Belle Plaine are Keystone (17.9 km northeast), Lucerne (8.9 km east), Blairstown (16.9 km in the same direction), Marengo (25.1 km east-southeast), Ladora (21.9 km southeast), Victor (20.9 km south), Holiday Lake (14.3 km southwest), Chelsea (11.1 km west-northwest), and Elberon (15.3 km north-northwest).
Belle Plaine is between the cities of Cedar Rapids (59 km east) and Waterloo (69.1 km north). The nearest other major cities are Wisconsin's capital, Madison (329 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (317 km east), Chicago , Illinois (436 km in the same direction), Iowa City (77 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (168 km in the same direction), St. Louis , Missouri (598 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (452 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (142 km west southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (364 km in the same direction), Sioux City (402 km west-northwest), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (539 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (251 km north), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (385 km in the same direction).
traffic
Iowa Hwy 21 and 131 meet in downtown Belle Plaine . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In a west-east direction a railway line for the freight traffic of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) runs through the urban area of Belle Plaine.
With the Belle Plaine Municipal Airport is located in the south of the metropolitan area a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (37 miles east).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1488 | - | |
| 1880 | 1689 | 13.5% | |
| 1890 | 2623 | 55.3% | |
| 1900 | 3283 | 25.2% | |
| 1910 | 3121 | -4.9% | |
| 1920 | 3887 | 24.5% | |
| 1930 | 3239 | -16.7% | |
| 1940 | 3202 | -1.1% | |
| 1950 | 3056 | -4.6% | |
| 1960 | 2923 | -4.4% | |
| 1970 | 2810 | -3.9% | |
| 1980 | 2903 | 3.3% | |
| 1990 | 2834 | -2.4% | |
| 2000 | 2878 | 1.6% | |
| 2010 | 2534 | -12% | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
history
The first white settlers came to the area before 1856, when the first post office was established here. From 1862 onwards, the plant of a city was operated. In the 1920s, the Lincoln Highway was the first marked transcontinental highway through the city.
population
According to the 2010 census , Belle Plaine had 2534 people in 1101 households. The population density was 302.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 1101 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,883 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,405. 11.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- František Matouš Klácel (1808–1882) - Czech poet, journalist and philosopher - died in Belle Plaine
- Ann Malcolm (* 1964) - jazz singer and classical saxophonist - born in Belle Plaine
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Belle Plaine - Mayor and City Council.Retrieved October 16, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Belle Plaine Municipal Airport Accessed on October 16, 2014
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 16, 2014
- ↑ City of Belle Plaine - History.Retrieved October 16, 2014
