Cherokee, Iowa
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.JPG) The Cherokee County Courthouse in Cherokee |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 (created) 1873 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Cherokee County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 45 ′ N , 95 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,253 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 314.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.71 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 365 m |
| Postal code : | 51012 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-13080 |
| GNIS ID : | 455370 |
| Website : | cherokeeiowa.net |
| Mayor : | Mark Murphy |
Cherokee is a town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Cherokee County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Cherokee had 5,253 residents, which decreased to 5,186 by 2013.
geography
Cherokee is located in northwest Iowa on the Little Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Cherokee are 42 ° 44'58 "north latitude and 95 ° 33'06" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 16.71 km² and is the largest town within Cherokee Township . A small part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Pilot Township to the south .
Cherokee's neighbors are Larrabee (12.8 km north), Aurelia (13.3 km east-southeast), Holstein (29.2 km south), Quimby (16.9 km south-southwest), Meriden (10.6 km northwest) and Cleghorn (17.5 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (391 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (377 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (383 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (278 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (459 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (207 km southwest), Sioux City (87.3 km southwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (179 km northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 59 runs north-south direction as the main road through Cherokee. Iowa State Highway 3 crosses to the north of the urban area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian National Railway (CN) freight railroad runs northwest to southeast through the Cherokee metropolitan area.
With the Cherokee County Regional Airport there is a small airfield in the south of the city area. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (284 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (200 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (95.3 km southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (193 km northwest ).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 438 | - | |
| 1880 | 1523 | 247.7% | |
| 1890 | 3441 | 125.9% | |
| 1900 | 3865 | 12.3% | |
| 1910 | 4884 | 26.4% | |
| 1920 | 5824 | 19.2% | |
| 1930 | 6443 | 10.6% | |
| 1940 | 7469 | 15.9% | |
| 1950 | 7705 | 3.2% | |
| 1960 | 7724 | 0.2% | |
| 1970 | 7272 | -5.9% | |
| 1980 | 7004 | -3.7% | |
| 1990 | 6026 | -14% | |
| 2000 | 5369 | -10.9% | |
| 2010 | 5253 | -2.2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 5186 | -1.3% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Cherokee had 5253 people in 2316 households. The population density was 314.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 2316 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.
20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,936 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,355. 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Ardyth Alton (1916–2007) - cellist and music teacher
- Ralph J. Block (1889–1974) - film producer and screenwriter - born and raised in Cherokee
- Guy Gillette (1879–1973) - Democratic US Senator (1936–1945) - born and raised in Cherokee
- William H. Hornibrook (1884–1946) - politician and diplomat - born in Cherokee
- Royal C. Johnson (1882–1939) - longtime Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1915–1933) - born in Cherokee
- Edward Lindberg (1886–1978) - track and field athlete and Olympic champion - born in Cherokee
- John D. Ryan (1915–1983) - General and 1969–1973 Chief of Staff of the Air Force - was born and raised in Cherokee
- Harold D. Schuster (1902–1986) - film director and film editor - born in Cherokee
- Stanton Warburton (1865–1926) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1911–1913) - grew up in Cherokee
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Cherokee - Meet Our Mayor and Council. Retrieved December 2, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 2, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Cherokee County Regional Airport Accessed on December 2, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 2, 2014