Creston, Iowa
| Creston | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1868 (created) 1871 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Union County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 4 ′ N , 94 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,834 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 576 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.6 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 400 m |
| Postal code : | 50801 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-17265 |
| GNIS ID : | 455716 |
| Website : | www.crestoniowa.gov |
| Mayor : | Warren Woods |
 The old station of the former CB & Q-Railroad (now part of the BNSF Railway ), listed in the NRHP since 1973 |
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Creston is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Union County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Creston had 7,834 residents, which increased to 7,887 by 2013.
geography
Creston is located in the central southwest of Iowa in the headwaters of the Platte River , a left tributary of the Missouri . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs 35 miles south. About 130 km west of Creston the Missouri forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska .
The geographical coordinates of Creston are 41 ° 03'31 "north latitude and 94 ° 21'41" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 13.6 km² and does not belong to any township .
Neighboring towns to Creston are Afton (16.4 km east-southeast), Thayer (28.6 km in the same direction), Arispe (15.7 km southeast), Shannon City (16.4 km south-southeast), Cromwell (10.2 km west-southwest), Prescott (15.4 miles in the same direction), and Orient (20.4 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (115 km northeast), Iowa's former capital Iowa City (297 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (319 km in the same direction), Kansas City in Missouri (268 km south), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (228 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (163 km west-northwest), and Sioux City (304 km northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 34 runs west-east direction through the south of the urban area of Creston and hits southwest of the center of the Iowa Highway 25 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line for the freight traffic of the BNSF Railway runs in a west-east direction through the urban area of Creston. This route is also used by Amtrak's California Zephyr , which runs from Chicago to San Francisco and has a station here.
The Creston Municipal Airport is located 5 km south of the city center, a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (119 km northeast).
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 411 | - | |
| 1880 | 5081 | 1,136.3% | |
| 1890 | 7200 | 41.7% | |
| 1900 | 7752 | 7.7% | |
| 1910 | 6924 | -10.7% | |
| 1920 | 8034 | 16% | |
| 1930 | 8615 | 7.2% | |
| 1940 | 8033 | -6.8% | |
| 1950 | 8317 | 3.5% | |
| 1960 | 7667 | -7.8% | |
| 1970 | 8234 | 7.4% | |
| 1980 | 8429 | 2.4% | |
| 1990 | 7911 | -6.1% | |
| 2000 | 7597 | -4% | |
| 2010 | 7834 | 3.1% | |
| 2013 estimate | 7887 | 0.7% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
Creston was founded in 1868 as a railroad workers camp of the then Burlington and Missouri River Railroad (merged into the BNSF Railway ). It was named after that here the vertex (s: crest ) the distance between the Missouri and the Mississippi was.
In 1871 the settlement was incorporated as an independent municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Creston had 7,834 people in 3,378 households. The population density was 576 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 3378 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,482 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,498. 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- James W. McDill (1834–1894) - Republican MP in both houses of the US Congress (1881–1883, 1873–1877) - lived in Creston for a long time and is buried here
- Edward E. Miller (1880–1946) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1923–1925) - born and raised in Creston
- Walter Cunningham (* 1932) - spaceman - born in Creston
- Marcia Wallace (1942–2013) - actress and voice actress - born and raised in Creston
- John Robinson (* 1954) - drummer - born in Creston
- Julee Cruise (* 1956) - singer - born in Creston
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Creston - Mayor ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 73000739 Retrieved February 22, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 22, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 22, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Osceola Municipal Airport Accessed on February 22, 2015
- ↑ City of Creston - Airport ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved February 22, 2015
- ↑ City of Creston.Retrieved February 22, 2015
