Cascade, Iowa
| Cascade | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Dubuque County Jones County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 18 ′ N , 91 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,159 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 744.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.9 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 252 m |
| Postal code : | 52033 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-11305 |
| GNIS ID : | 455196 |
| Website : | www.cascadeiowa.org |
| Mayor : | Mike Henry |
Cascade is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Dubuque and Jones Counties in the east of the US state of Iowa . In 2010 Cascade had 2159 inhabitants.
geography
Cascade is located on the northern Maquoketa River ( North Fork Maquoketa River ), a tributary of the Mississippi that forms the border with Illinois .
The city is located at 42 ° 17'55 "north latitude and 91 ° 00'54" west longitude and extends over 2.9 km². Neighboring towns are Worthington (15.4 km northwest), Farley (20.3 km north), Epworth (14.6 miles north-northwest), Fillmore (9.1 km east-northeast), Temple Hill (10.5 km southeast) and Monticello ( 17 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Dubuque (42.6 km northeast at the intersection of the states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin ), the Quad Cities (117 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (74.3 km southwest), and Waterloo (128 km west).
traffic
The north-western bypass of Cascade is the freeway US Highway 151 , which is the shortest connection from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids. At downtown level, Iowa intersects Highway 136 .
The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport, 37.1 km northeast, and Monticello Regional Airport, 17.3 km southwest .
Sons and daughters
- Red Faber (1888–1976), baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
- Loras Thomas Lane (1910–1968), Catholic Bishop of Rockford
- Jeremie Miller (* 1975), inventor of XMPP / Jabber technologies
Individual evidence
- ^ US Census Bureau - Cascade, IA. Retrieved April 4, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 4, 2012