Bettendorf, Iowa
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![The Joseph W. Bettendorf House in Bettendorf, listed in the NRHP since 1983 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Joseph_F._Bettendorf_House_2.JPG) The Joseph W. Bettendorf House in Bettendorf, listed in the NRHP since 1983 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1903 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Scott County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 33 ′ N , 90 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 33,217 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 603.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 57.8 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 55.0 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 173 m |
| Postal code : | 52722 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-06355 |
| GNIS ID : | 454588 |
| Website : | www.bettendorf.org |
| Mayor : | Bob Gallagher |
Bettendorf is a city (with the status of City ) in Scott County in eastern US -amerikanischen state of Iowa on the west bank of the Mississippi River , the border with Illinois is. Along with Davenport in Iowa and Moline , East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois, Bettendorf is one of the so-called Quad Cities . At the 2010 census , Bettendorf had 33,217 inhabitants.
geography
Bettendorf is in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi, which forms the border with Illinois. Bettendorf lies at 41 ° 33'00 "north latitude and 90 ° 29'37" west longitude and extends over an area of 57.8 km², which is spread over 55.0 km² of land and 2.8 km² of water.
On the opposite bank of the Mississippi are the cities of Moline and East Moline, in the west the urban area of Bettendorf borders directly on Davenport, the largest city in the Quad Cities. Other neighboring towns are Riverdale (4.1 km southeast), Panorama Park (4.1 km east-southeast), Le Clair (12.1 km east-northeast) and Eldridge (22.0 km northwest)
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital, Des Moines (273 km west), Wisconsin's capital Madison (264 km northeast), Chicago (270 km east) and St. Louis , Missouri (399 km south).
Naming
The place was founded in the 1840s. The village was named Lilienthal after the owner of a tavern with an attached dance hall . The first renaming took place in 1858. The village was now called Gilbert , in honor of Elias Gilbert, who had the original site parceled out and settled. At that time, the predominantly German residents were employed as farmers, skilled workers and small business owners.
After two fires at the beginning of 1902, the industrialists William P. Bettendorf (1857-1910) and his brother Joseph W. Bettendorf (1864-1933), sons of the immigrant Michael Betteldorf from Nohn in the Eifel , proposed their iron car business to the citizens to relocate from Davenport to Gilbert if the old Gilbert farm were given to them as the location for their factory. Donations were raised from local residents and businesses to raise the $ 15,000 to purchase the property, and the factory was relocated to Gilbert. In January 1903 the city, which at that time had only about 440 inhabitants, applied for the incorporation and another name change in Bettendorf in honor of the brothers, whose factory was of exceptional importance for the early development of the city. Until 1920, the Bettendorf factory was the largest railroad car factory west of the Mississippi and employed 3,000 people.
traffic
Bettendorf is located on the Iowa-section of the Great River Road forming US Highway 67 . Interstate 80 , which is the shortest connection from Chicago to Des Moines, runs through the northern districts in a west-east direction . The western boundary of the urban area of Bettendorf is largely formed by Interstate 74 and US Highway 6 , which runs on the same route .
A BNSF Railway runs through Bettendorf and runs along the entire length of the Mississippi.
Bettendorf is connected to the air transport network via Davenport Municipal Airport (17.8 km northwest) and Quad City International Airport (16.3 km south on the southern edge of Moline).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 909 | - | |
| 1920 | 2178 | 139.6% | |
| 1930 | 2768 | 27.1% | |
| 1940 | 3143 | 13.5% | |
| 1950 | 5132 | 63.3% | |
| 1960 | 11,534 | 124.7% | |
| 1970 | 22,126 | 91.8% | |
| 1980 | 27,381 | 23.8% | |
| 1990 | 28,139 | 2.8% | |
| 2000 | 31,275 | 11.1% | |
| 2010 | 33,217 | 6.2% | |
| 1910-1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , 33,217 people lived in 13,329 households in Bettendorf. The population density was 603.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 3.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 13,329 households.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 65,604 USD . The per capita income was $ 35,932. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83004212.Retrieved March 16, 2012
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bettendorf, IA ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 March 16, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 16, 2012
- ^ Community Profile Bettendorf, Iowa. Retrieved August 11, 2020
- ↑ Bettendorf: Iowa's Exciting City. Accessed August 11, 2020
- ^ Iowa Data Center - Archive (PDF; 83 kB) Retrieved March 16, 2012
