Carroll, Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1867 (created) 1869 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Carroll County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 4 ′ N , 94 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 10,103 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 685.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14.74 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 388 m |
| Postal code : | 51401 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-11080 |
| GNIS ID : | 455182 |
| Website : | www.cityofcarroll.com |
| Mayor : | Adam Schweers |
Carroll is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Carroll County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Carroll had 10,103 residents, the number of which had decreased to 10,013 by 2013.
geography
Carroll is located in the west central Iowa on the Middle Raccoon River , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.
The geographical coordinates of Carroll are 42 ° 03'57 "north latitude and 94 ° 52'01" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 14.74 km².
Neighboring towns of Carroll are Auburn (13.2 km north), Lidderdale (13.3 km northeast), Lanesboro (27.3 km in the same direction), Glidden (12.2 km east), Willey (13.1 km south-southeast ), Dedham (13.3 miles in the same direction), Templeton ( 14.3 miles south-southwest), Halbur (14.7 km southwest), Arcadia (16.4 km west), Westside (20.1 km in the same Direction) and Breda (20.4 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (445 km northeast), Rochester (390 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (270 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (150 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (371 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (170 km southwest), Sioux City (165 km west-northwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (303 km northwest).
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US Highways 30 and 71 cross in the center of Carroll . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the west-east direction runs a railroad line for the freight traffic of the former Chicago and North Western Railway through the city area, which is now operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP).
Through Carroll, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists runs along the Middle Racoon River on the route of a former railway line with the Sauk Rail Trail .
By Arthur N. Neu Airport is 9 km east-southeast a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (156 km southeast).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 384 | - | |
| 1880 | 1385 | 260.7% | |
| 1890 | 2448 | 76.8% | |
| 1900 | 2882 | 17.7% | |
| 1910 | 3546 | 23% | |
| 1920 | 4254 | 20% | |
| 1930 | 4691 | 10.3% | |
| 1940 | 5389 | 14.9% | |
| 1950 | 6231 | 15.6% | |
| 1960 | 7682 | 23.3% | |
| 1970 | 8716 | 13.5% | |
| 1980 | 9705 | 11.3% | |
| 1990 | 9579 | -1.3% | |
| 2000 | 10,106 | 5.5% | |
| 2010 | 10,103 | -0% | |
| 2013 estimate | 10,013 | -0.9% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
history
The present city was founded in 1867 in the middle of a predominantly agricultural region on a railway line of the then Chicago and North Western Railway . Like the county, the place was named after Charles Carroll from Maryland , one of the founding fathers of the USA. In 1869 Carroll was incorporated as a separate municipality. In the same year, the county administration was moved to Carroll, which is centrally located in Carroll County.
population
According to the 2010 census , Carroll had 10,103 people in 4,357 households. The population density was 685.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 4,357 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,591 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,927. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Frank Henry Greteman (1907–1987), Bishop of Sioux City (1970–1983), was a pastor in Carroll from 1950 to 1965
- Orlando H. Manning (1847-1909), 12th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1882-1885), began his career as a lawyer in Carroll
- Arthur A. Neu (1933–2015), 40th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979) and Mayor of Carroll (1982–1985), born and raised in Carroll
- Nick Nurse (* 1967), basketball coach, born in Carroll
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Carroll - City Council.Retrieved November 26, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 26, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 26, 2014
- ^ Sauk Rail Trail.Retrieved November 26, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Arthur N. Neu Airport Accessed on 26 November 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 26, 2014
- ^ History of Iowa - Carroll City. Retrieved November 26, 2014
