Brooklyn, Iowa
| Brooklyn | |
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| Nickname : Community of Flags | |
 Flag presentation in front of St. Patrick's Catholic Church |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Poweshiek County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 92 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,420 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 442.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.21 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 277 m |
| Postal code : | 52211 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-08695 |
| GNIS ID : | 454842 |
| Website : | www.brooklyniowa.com |
| Mayor : | Dennis K. Solem |
 The Brooklyn Hotel , registered on the NRHP since 1979 under number 79000933 |
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Brooklyn is a small town (with the status " City ") in Poweshiek County in US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Brooklyn had 1,468 residents, which decreased to 1,420 by 2015.
geography
Brooklyn is located in the central southeast of Iowa on Big Bear Creek , which is part of the Mississippi catchment over the Iowa River . Brooklin is about 100 km north of the Missouri border and 100 km west of the Mississippi, which forms the border with Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Brooklyn are 41 ° 44'01 "north latitude and 92 ° 26'44" west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.21 km² and forms the center of Bear Creek Township .
The closest neighborhoods to Brooklyn are Holiday Lake (8 miles north), Hartwick ( 9 miles northeast), Carnforth (5.5 miles east), Victor (8.5 miles in the same direction), Guernsey (18.1 km southeast), Deep River (14 miles southeast), Montezuma (14 miles southwest), Ewart (23.9 miles southwest), Malcom (7.5 miles west southwest), Grinnell (25 miles west) and Sheridan (24 , 2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (282 km north), Cedar Rapids (86 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (166 km east), Chicago in Illinois (434 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (346 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (419 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (109 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (331 km in the same direction), and Sioux City (409 km west-northwest).
traffic
About three kilometers south of the Brooklyn metropolitan area, Interstate Highway 80 runs west to east and is the shortest route from Des Moines to Chicago. The US Highway 6 extends in the east-west direction along the northern edge. Old Highway 6 is Brooklyn's main street. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line for the freight traffic of the BNSF Railway runs through Brooklyn in a west-east direction .
With the Grinnell Regional Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation 29 km to the west . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (127 km west-southwest).
history
Brooklyn was founded in 1854 by Rueben Sears . The name came about because of its location between two streams (en .: brooks ). In 1869 the place was incorporated as an independent municipality and the first mayor was elected.
population
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 184 | - | |
| 1870 | 971 | 427.7% | |
| 1880 | 1234 | 27.1% | |
| 1890 | 1202 | -2.6% | |
| 1900 | 1188 | -1.2% | |
| 1910 | 1233 | 3.8% | |
| 1920 | 1533 | 24.3% | |
| 1930 | 1345 | -12.3% | |
| 1940 | 1408 | 4.7% | |
| 1950 | 1323 | -6% | |
| 1960 | 1415 | 7% | |
| 1970 | 1410 | -0.4% | |
| 1980 | 1509 | 7% | |
| 1990 | 1439 | -4.6% | |
| 2000 | 1367 | -5% | |
| 2010 | 1468 | 7.4% | |
| 2015 estimate | 1420 | -3.3% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2015 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Brooklyn had 1,468 people in 615 households. The population density was 457.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 615 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 2.9 from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 47,284 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,008. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Brooklyn - Mayor & City Council. Retrieved January 10, 2017
- ^ NPS - Brooklyn Hotel. Retrieved January 10, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 10, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 10, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Grinnell Regional Airport Accessed on 10 January 2017
- ↑ City of Brooklyn - About Brooklyn. Retrieved January 10, 2017
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 10, 2017
