Calmar, Iowa

Calmar
	Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation :	1869 (incorporated)
State :	United States
State :	Iowa
County :	Winneshiek County
Coordinates :	43 ° 11 ′ N , 91 ° 52 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 11 ′ N , 91 ° 52 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	978 (as of 2010)
Population density :	353.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	2.77 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height :	383 m
Postal code :	52132
Area code :	+1 563
FIPS :	19-10045
GNIS ID :	455057
Website :	www.calmaria.com
Mayor :	Keith Frana
	; The former Calmar train station

Calmar is a city (with the status " City ") in Winneshiek County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Calmar had 978 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 965 by 2013.

geography

Calmar is located in the central northeast of Iowa around 70 west of the Mississippi , which forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin . After Minnesota there are about 40 km to the north.

Calmar is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois . During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.

The geographical coordinates of Calmar are 43 ° 11'01 "north latitude and 91 ° 51'51" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.77 km² and is the largest town within the Calmar Township . A small part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Washington Township .

Neighboring towns to Calmar are Decorah (17.7 km northeast ), Ossian (11 km east-southeast), Castalia (19.1 km in the same direction), West Union (26.9 km south), Saint Lucas (17.1 km south-southwest) , Fort Atkinson (4.8 miles southwest), Spillville (5.8 miles west northwest).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (107 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (231 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (150 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (265 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (153 km south), Waterloo (107 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (288 km southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (134 km north-northwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) ( 263 km in the same direction).

traffic

The US Highway 52 runs through the north-western city of Calmar. Iowa State Highways 24 and 150 also meet in Calmar. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In a west-east direction a railway line for the freight traffic of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) runs through the urban area of Calmar.

With the Decorah Municipal Airport is located 21.5 km north-east a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is the Waterloo Regional Airport , 107 km south-southwest , from where there is a connection to the major Chicago O'Hare airport by feeder flights .

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	617	-
1890	813	31.8%
1900	1003	23.4%
1910	849	-15.4%
1920	1039	22.4%
1930	915	-11.9%
1940	903	-1.3%
1950	937	3.8%
1960	954	1.8%
1970	1008	5.7%
1980	1053	4.5%
1990	1026	-2.6%
2000	1058	3.1%
2010	978	-7.6%
2013 estimate	965	-1.3%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Calmar had 978 people in 444 households. The population density was 353.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 444 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.3 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 47,961 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,502. 19.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.