Calamus (Iowa)
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 City Hall and Library of Calamus |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1858 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Clinton County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 50 ′ N , 90 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 439 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 351.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.25 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 213 m |
| Postal code : | 52729 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-09820 |
| GNIS ID : | 455040 |
Calamus is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Calamus had 439 inhabitants.
geography
Calamus is located at 41 ° 49'33 "north latitude and 90 ° 45'30" west longitude and extends over 1.25 km². The place is located 4.9 km east of the Wapsipinicon River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This is about 45 km to the east and forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border runs approximately 85 km north. Calamus is the center of Olive Township in southwest Clinton County.
Neighboring places of Calamus are Wheatland (8 km west) and Grand Mound (11 km east),
The closest major cities are Dubuque (54 miles north), Rockford , Illinois (190 miles east-northeast), the Quad Cities (51.5 km southwest), and Cedar Rapids (85.6 km west-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 30 runs through Calamus in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to Highway 30 .
The nearest airports are Maquoketa Municipal Airport, 18 miles north, and Clinton Municipal Airport , 24 miles east ; the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 58.8 km southeast .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 163 | - | |
| 1890 | 216 | 32.5% | |
| 1900 | 287 | 32.9% | |
| 1910 | 270 | -5.9% | |
| 1920 | 399 | 47.8% | |
| 1930 | 374 | -6.3% | |
| 1940 | 384 | 2.7% | |
| 1950 | 381 | -0.8% | |
| 1960 | 435 | 14.2% | |
| 1970 | 396 | -9% | |
| 1980 | 452 | 14.1% | |
| 1990 | 379 | -16.2% | |
| 2000 | 394 | 4% | |
| 2010 | 439 | 11.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , there were 439 people in 175 households in Calamus. The population density was 351.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 175 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.
26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 51,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,567. 1.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 13, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 13, 2012
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 13, 2012
