Charles City
| Charles City | |
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| Nickname : America's Hometown | |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1852 (created) 1869 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Floyd County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 4 ′ N , 92 ° 40 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,652 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 468.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.34 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 307 m |
| Postcodes : | 50616, 50620 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-12765 |
| GNIS ID : | 455354 |
| Website : | www.cityofcharlescity.org |
| Mayor : | James A. Erb |
 The Floyd County Courthose in Charles City, listed on the NRHP since 2003 |
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Charles City is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Floyd County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Charles City had 7,652 residents, which decreased to 7,527 by 2013.
geography
Charles City is located in northeast Iowa on the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . The border with Minnesota runs around 50 km north, while the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin around 130 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Charles City are 43 ° 03'59 "north latitude and 92 ° 40'21" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 16.34 km² and does not belong to any township .
Neighboring towns to Charles City are Colwell (10.1 miles northeast), Bassett (8.5 miles east), Nashua (12 miles southeast), Greene (29.5 miles southwest), Rockford (14 miles west), and Floyd (10.2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (150 miles north), Rochester in Minnesota (125 miles northeast), La Crosse in Wisconsin (186 miles northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (310 miles east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (212 km east-southeast), Waterloo (81.4 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (168 km in the same direction) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (231 km south-southwest).
traffic
The freeway Iowa State Highway 27 forms the south and west bypasses of Charles City. The US Highway 18 leading west to east direction through the urban area of Charles City and meet in the center at the northern end of the Iowa State Highway 14 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two railway lines of the Canadian National Railway (CN) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) meet in Charles City .
The Northeast Iowa Regional Airport is 5.5 km east of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 74 km south-southeast , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports of Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 2166 | - | |
| 1880 | 2421 | 11.8% | |
| 1890 | 2802 | 15.7% | |
| 1900 | 4227 | 50.9% | |
| 1910 | 5892 | 39.4% | |
| 1920 | 7350 | 24.7% | |
| 1930 | 8039 | 9.4% | |
| 1940 | 8681 | 8th % | |
| 1950 | 10,309 | 18.8% | |
| 1960 | 9964 | -3.3% | |
| 1970 | 9268 | -7% | |
| 1980 | 8778 | -5.3% | |
| 1990 | 7878 | -10.3% | |
| 2000 | 7812 | -0.8% | |
| 2010 | 7652 | -2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 7527 | -1.6% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
Winnebago Indians originally settled in the Charles City area . In 1852, 25 families came here as the first settlers . The present city was incorporated as Charlestown in 1869 .
population
According to the 2010 census , Charles City had 7,652 people in 3,440 households. The population density was 468.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.15 people lived in each of the 3440 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.7 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,417 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,900. 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Joseph Charles Arthur (1850–1942) - botanist - grew up in Charles City
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947) - suffragette - grew up in Charles City
- Robert Coover (* 1932) - writer - born and raised in Charles City
- George Driver Nelson (* 1950) - spaceman - born in Charles City
- Henry Otis Pratt (1838–1931) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1873–1877) - worked for several years as a teacher and as a lawyer in Charles City
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Charles City - Mayor.Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03000816. Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 14, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Northeast Iowa Regional Airport Accessed on January 14, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ City of Charles City - History.Retrieved January 14, 2015
