Boone, Iowa
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![The First National Bank building in Boone, listed on the NRHP since 1989 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:FirstNationalBankBooneIA.jpg) The First National Bank building in Boone, listed on the NRHP since 1989 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1849 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Boone County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 4 ′ N , 93 ° 53 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 12,661 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 542 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 23.36 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 346 m |
| Postal code : | 50036 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-07480 |
| GNIS ID : | 454753 |
| Website : | www.boonegov.com |
| Mayor : | John Slight |
 The Boone County Courthouse in Boone, built in 1917, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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Boone is a town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Boone County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Boone had 12,661 residents, the number of which had decreased to 12,629 by 2013.
geography
Boone is located in western central Iowa on the east bank of the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Boone are 42 ° 03'35 "north latitude and 93 ° 52'49" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 23.36 km² and is spread over the Des Moines Township and, to a lesser extent, the Worth Township .
Neighboring towns to Boone are Stratford (28.4 km north), Gilbert (15.3 km east-northeast), Ames (14.4 km east-southeast), Luther (15.2 km south-southeast), Madrid ( 15.2 km in the same direction ), Ogden (13.8 km west-southwest), and Pilot Mound (22.3 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (366 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (310 km north-northeast), Waterloo (175 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (190 km east), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (72.7 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (356 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (257 km west-southwest), Sioux City (252 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (383 km northwest).
traffic
The historic Lincoln Highway , the first road in the country to connect the east and west coasts, ran through central Boone. For today's long-distance traffic, US Highway 30 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs west-east through the south of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Boone is a rail hub for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). There is also a museum railway with Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad .
With the Boone Municipal Airport there is a small airfield in the east of the urban area of Boone. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 84 km south-southeast .
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 3330 | - | |
| 1890 | 6520 | 95.8% | |
| 1900 | 8880 | 36.2% | |
| 1910 | 10,347 | 16.5% | |
| 1920 | 12,451 | 20.3% | |
| 1930 | 11,886 | -4.5% | |
| 1940 | 12,373 | 4.1% | |
| 1950 | 12.164 | -1.7% | |
| 1960 | 12,468 | 2.5% | |
| 1970 | 12,468 | 0% | |
| 1980 | 12,602 | 1.1% | |
| 1990 | 12,392 | -1.7% | |
| 2000 | 12,803 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 12,661 | -1.1% | |
| 2013 estimate | 12,629 | -0.3% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Boone had 12,661 people in 5,380 households. The population density was 542 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 5380 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,994 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,310. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Richard A. Ballinger (1858–1922) - Home Secretary under President William Howard Taft (1909–1911) - born in Boone
- Mamie Eisenhower (1896–1979) - wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower - born in Boone
- Norman A. Erbe (1919–2000) - 35th Governor of Iowa (1961–1963) - born, raised and buried in Boone
- Adoniram J. Holmes (1842-1902) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1883-1889) - practiced as a lawyer in Boone
- Jackson Orr (1832-1926) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1871-1875) - lived in Boone for years
- Charles I. Sparks (1872-1937) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1929-1933) - practiced as a lawyer and prosecutor in Boone for years
- Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) - Home Secretary under President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) - born in Boone
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 88003232.Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ Boone City Council ( Memento of the original from October 26, 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 October 31, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000226.Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad.Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Boone Municipal Airport Accessed on October 31, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 31, 2014
