Dayton, Iowa
| Dayton | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 (created) 1881 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Webster County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 16 ′ N , 94 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 837 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 380.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.2 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 344 m |
| Postal code : | 50530 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-19180 |
| GNIS ID : | 455819 |
| Website : | www.daytonia.govoffice2.com |
| Mayor : | Richard Travis |
Dayton is a city (with the status " City ") in Webster County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Dayton had 837 residents, the number that had decreased to 811 by 2013.
geography
Dayton is located in the northwest center of Iowa on Skillet Creek , which flows about 6 km east into the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . The Minnesota border runs about 150 km north; the intersection of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska on the Missouri is about 210 km west of Dayton.
The geographical coordinates of Dayton are 42 ° 15'41 "north latitude and 94 ° 04'07" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.2 km² and is the largest town within Dayton Township .
Neighboring towns to Dayton are Lehigh (8 miles north), Stratford (9 miles east), Pilot Mound (9 miles southeast), Boxholm (8 miles southwest), Harcourt (6.2 miles west) and Gowrie (20.4 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (360 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (306 km northeast), Waterloo (168 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (228 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (108 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (390 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (247 km southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (337 km in the same direction), Sioux City (215 km west) and South Dakota's largest City of Sioux Falls (346 km northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 169 leads in about 3 km west past Dayton. The west-east running Iowa State Highway 175 runs as the main road through the city of Dayton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Fort Dodge Regional Airport is located 47 km north a regional airport on the connections to St. Louis and Chicago are made. The nearest major airport is Des Moines International Airport, 114 km south-southeast .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 239 | - | |
| 1890 | 669 | 179.9% | |
| 1900 | 753 | 12.6% | |
| 1910 | 717 | -4.8% | |
| 1920 | 836 | 16.6% | |
| 1930 | 713 | -14.7% | |
| 1940 | 732 | 2.7% | |
| 1950 | 793 | 8.3% | |
| 1960 | 820 | 3.4% | |
| 1970 | 909 | 10.9% | |
| 1980 | 941 | 3.5% | |
| 1990 | 818 | -13.1% | |
| 2000 | 884 | 8.1% | |
| 2010 | 837 | -5.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 811 | -3.1% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
history
After the first whites settled in the area around today's city around 1851, the planned settlement of the settlement began in 1856. In 1881 the settlement was incorporated as an independent municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Dayton had 837 people in 330 households. The population density was 380.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 330 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,014 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,032. 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Charles O. Lobeck (1852–1920) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives - lived in Dayton for several years
- Joseph AA Burnquist (1879–1961) - 19th Governor of Minnesota (1915–1921) - was born and raised in Dayton
- Gertrude Mary Cox (1900–1978) - statistician - born and raised in Dayton
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Dayton - Mayor to City Council.Retrieved January 28, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 28, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 28, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Fort Dodge Regional Airport Accessed on January 28, 2015
- ↑ City of Fort Dodge - Airport.Retrieved January 28, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 28, 2015
- ↑ City of Dayton - History about Dayton.Retrieved January 28, 2015