Bloomfield, Iowa
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![The Davis County Courthouse in Bloomfield, listed on NRHP No. 74000779 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Bloomfield_Iowa.JPG) The Davis County Courthouse in Bloomfield, listed on NRHP No. 74000779 |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Davis County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 45 ′ N , 92 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,640 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 446.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.91 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 268 m |
| Postcodes : | 52537, 52538 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-07030 |
| GNIS ID : | 454700 |
| Website : | www.cityofbloomfield.org |
| Mayor : | Chris Miller |
Bloomfield is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Davis County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Bloomfield had 2,640 residents, which increased slightly to 2,645 by 2013.
geography
Bloomfield is located in southeast Iowa on the Fox River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Bloomfield are 40 ° 45'06 "north latitude and 92 ° 24'54" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 5.91 km² and does not belong to any township.
Neighboring towns to Bloomfield are Floris (11 miles northeast), Pulaski (15.3 miles east-southeast), Milton (16 miles in the same direction), Moulton (28.4 km west-southwest), and Drakesville (10.8 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Cedar Rapids (192 km northeast), Iowa City (158 km northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (223 km east-northeast), Peoria in Illinois (261 km east), Illinois' capital city Springfield (309 km east-southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (373 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (318 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (359 km west-northwest), and Iowa's capital, Des Moines (174 km northwest).
traffic
US Highway 63 and Iowa State Highway 2 meet in downtown Bloomfield . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Bloomfield Municipal Airport is located in the south of the metropolitan area a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (168 km northwest), Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (187 km northeast) and Quad City International Airport (232 km east-northeast).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1553 | - | |
| 1880 | 1531 | -1.4% | |
| 1890 | 1913 | 25% | |
| 1900 | 2105 | 10% | |
| 1910 | 2028 | -3.7% | |
| 1920 | 2064 | 1.8% | |
| 1930 | 2226 | 7.8% | |
| 1940 | 2732 | 22.7% | |
| 1950 | 2680 | -1.9% | |
| 1960 | 2771 | 3.4% | |
| 1970 | 2718 | -1.9% | |
| 1980 | 2849 | 4.8% | |
| 1990 | 2580 | -9.4% | |
| 2000 | 2601 | 0.8% | |
| 2010 | 2640 | 1.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 2645 | 0.2% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Bloomfield had 2,640 people in 1,122 households. The population density was 446.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 1122 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.7 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,397 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,197. 19.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Kent Anderson (born 1962) - football coach - grew up in Bloomfield
- Clem Beauchamp (1898–1992) - film actor, production manager and assistant director - born in Bloomfield
- Beryl F. Carroll (1860–1939) - 20th Governor of Iowa (1909–1913) - lived in Bloomfield and is buried here
- John A. Hull (1874–1944) - military judge - born and raised in Bloomfield
- John Henry Kyl (1919–2002) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1959–1965, 1967–1973) - lived in Bloomfield for several years
- Irvin S. Pepper (1876-1913) - Democratic MP for the US House of Representatives (1911-1913) - attended school in Bloomfield
- C. William Ramseyer (1875–1943) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1915–1933) - lived in Bloomfield for a long time and is buried here
- Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1921-1929, 1931-1935) - born in Bloomfield
- James B. Weaver (1833–1912) - unsuccessful presidential candidate for the Populist Party in 1892 - lived in Bloomfield for several years
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved December 15, 2014
- ↑ City of Bloomfield - City Hall.Retrieved December 15, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 15, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 15, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Bloomfield Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 15, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 15, 2014
