Danville, Iowa

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Danville
Des Moines County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Danville Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1902 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Des Moines County
Coordinates : 40 ° 52 ′  N , 91 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 52 ′  N , 91 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 934 (as of 2010)
Population density : 474.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.97 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 220 m
Postal code : 52623
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-18435
GNIS ID : 455791
Website : www.danvilleiowa.com

Danville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Des Moines County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Danville had 934 residents, which increased to 944 by 2013.

geography

Danville is located in southeast Iowa, around 15 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border between Iowa and Illinois .

The geographical coordinates of Danville are 40 ° 51'52 "north latitude and 91 ° 18'53" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.97 km² and does not belong to any township.

Neighboring towns to Danville are Yarmouth (18.9 km north), Mediapolis (28.1 km northeast), West Burlington (15.6 km east-southeast), Burlington (20.8 km in the same direction), Middletown (6.6 km southeast), Denmark (20.1 km south) and New London (10.6 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Dubuque on the Mississippi junction of the states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin (231 km northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (131 km northeast), Illinois' largest city Chicago (385 km east-northeast), Peoria in Illinois (167 km east), Illinois' capital Springfield (232 km southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (351 km south-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (437 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (437 km west), Iowas Capital Des Moines (245 km west-northwest), Iowa City (104 km north-northwest) and Cedar Rapids (142 km in the same direction).

traffic

The four-lane bypass runs west and south around the urban area of ​​Danville, while the old US Highway  34 runs through the north of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Danville is an important freight railway line for the BNSF Railway , which runs from Chicago over the Mississippi to Omaha. The route is also used for passenger services by Amtrak , whose nearest station is 14 miles east-southeast in Burlington.

The nearest airport is Burlington's Southeast Iowa Regional Airport, 14 miles east-southeast .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 263 -
1920 289 9.9%
1930 327 13.1%
1940 309 -5.5%
1950 450 45.6%
1960 579 28.7%
1970 948 63.7%
1980 994 4.9%
1990 926 -6.8%
2000 914 -1.3%
2010 934 2.2%
2013 estimate 944 1.1%
1910-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Danville had 934 people in 362 households. The population density was 474.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 362 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 49,167  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,010. 3.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 29, 2014
  3. ↑ AirNav.com - Southeast Iowa Regional Airport Accessed on 29 December 2014
  4. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 29, 2014

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