Decorah
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 Downtown Decorah |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1849 (created) 1857 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Winneshiek County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 18 ′ N , 91 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,127 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 445.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 18.23 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 266 m |
| Postal code : | 52101 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-19405 |
| GNIS ID : | 455839 |
| Website : | www.decorahia.org |
| Mayor : | Don Arendt |
 The Winneshiek County Courthouse in Decorah |
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Decorah is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Winneshiek County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Decorah had 8,127 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 8,089 by 2013.
geography
Decorah is located in northeastern Iowa on the Upper Iowa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin about 50 km east ; of Minnesota is 25 km to the north.
Decorah is located in the Ice Age-shaped region known as the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois . During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Decorah are 43 ° 18'12 "north latitude and 91 ° 47'09" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 18.23 km² and is the main town of Decorah Township . A small part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Glenwood Township .
Decorah's neighboring towns are Mabel (29.4 km north), Waukon (28.7 km east), Castalia (26.3 km south-southeast), Ossian (20.5 km south), Calmar (17.7 km south-southwest), Spillville (13 miles southwest) and Ridgeway (11 miles west).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (89.3 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (231 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (154 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (269 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (171 km south), Waterloo (125 km SSW), Iowa's capital Des Moines (304 km southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (119 km north-west) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (248 km in the same direction).
traffic
The US Highway 52 leading into a north-south direction along the western edge of Decorah and crosses in the southwest of the urban area to the Iowa State Highway 9 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Decorah Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the south-eastern part of the city. The nearest commercial airport is La Crosse Regional Airport in Wisconsin, 98 km northeast , with connecting flights to the nearest major airports in Minneapolis , Chicago and Des Moines .
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1920 | - | |
| 1870 | 2110 | 9.9% | |
| 1880 | 2951 | 39.9% | |
| 1890 | 2801 | -5.1% | |
| 1900 | 3246 | 15.9% | |
| 1910 | 3592 | 10.7% | |
| 1920 | 4039 | 12.4% | |
| 1930 | 4581 | 13.4% | |
| 1940 | 5303 | 15.8% | |
| 1950 | 6060 | 14.3% | |
| 1960 | 6435 | 6.2% | |
| 1970 | 7237 | 12.5% | |
| 1980 | 8068 | 11.5% | |
| 1990 | 8063 | -0.1% | |
| 2000 | 8172 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 8127 | -0.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 8089 | -0.5% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The name of the city goes back to Waukon Decorah (around 1780-1868), a leader of the Indian tribe of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) during the time of the Black Hawk War .
The first whites settled in the area of today's city in 1849. In the following years, more Norwegian immigrants came to the emerging settlement.
In 1857 Decorah was incorporated as a separate municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Decorah had 8127 people in 2855 households. The population density was 445.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.09 people lived in 2855 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 2.2 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
14.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,619 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,364. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry C. Bulis (1830-1897), eighth lieutenant governor of Iowa (1871-1874); died in Decorah
- Theodore Weld Burdick (1836–1898), Republican MP to the US House of Representatives (1877–1879); lived in Decorah for a long time and is buried here
- Martin N. Johnson (1850–1909), Republican MP in both Houses of the US Congress; grew up in Decorah
- Henry Thomas Helgesen (1857-1917), Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1913-1917); born and raised in Decorah
- Gilbert N. Haugen (1859-1933), longtime Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1899-1933); lived in Decorah for years
- Ole J. Kvale (1869-1929), Republican MP to the US House of Representatives (1923-1929); born and raised in Decorah
- Oswald Veblen (1880–1960), mathematician; born and raised in Decorah
- Fred Biermann (1884-1968), Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1933-1939); lived in Decorah for a long time and is buried here
- Jakob Larsen (1888–1974), historian; born and raised in Decorah
- Georgann Johnson (1926-2018), actress; born and raised in Decorah
- Joe Lutkenhaus (* 1947), microbiologist, molecular geneticist and immunologist; born and raised in Decorah
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Decorah - Mayor and Council Members ( Memento of the original from January 21, 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 January 21, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 21, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 21, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Decorah Municipal Airport Accessed on 21 January 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 21, 2015
- ↑ www.archive.org - WE Alexander (1882): History of Winneshiek and Alamakee Counties.Retrieved January 21, 2015
- ↑ city-data.com - Decorah, Iowa. Retrieved January 21, 2015
