Denver, Iowa

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Denver
Nickname : The Mile Wide City
Bremer County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Denver Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1896 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Bremer County
Coordinates : 42 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 1,780 (as of 2010)
167,819 (as of 2010)
Population density : 416.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.27 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 289 m
Postal code : 50622
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-20035
GNIS ID : 455885
Website : cityofdenveriowa.com
Mayor : Rod Diercks

Denver is a small town (with the status " City ") in Bremer County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Denver had 1,780 residents.

Denver is part of the Waterloo - Cedar Falls metropolitan area .

The city is also known as The Mile Wide City , based on The Mile High City , the nickname of the city of Denver in Colorado .

geography

Denver is located in northeast Iowa on the Quarter Section Run , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Cedar River and the Iowa River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 120 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Denver are 42 ° 40'17 "north latitude and 92 ° 20'15" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​4.27 km² and is the largest place within the Jefferson Township .

Neighboring towns of Denver are Tripoli (21,8 km northeast), Readlyn (12,7 km ENE), Fairbank (28 km ESE), Dunkerton (26,3 km south-east), Waterloo (20,9 km south), Cedar Falls ( 15 miles southwest), Janesville (8 miles west southwest), and Waverly (10 miles northwest).

The nearest major cities are Rochester in Minnesota (162 km north), La Crosse in Wisconsin (204 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (297 km east), Dubuque at the intersection of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (164 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (109 km southeast), the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (236 km in the same direction), and Iowa's capital city, Des Moines (202 km southwest).

traffic

The US Highway 63 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs north-south through the west of Denver. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , located 20.8 km south-southwest , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports of Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 102 -
1910 224 119.6%
1920 462 106.3%
1930 500 8.2%
1940 556 11.2%
1950 635 14.2%
1960 831 30.9%
1970 1169 40.7%
1980 1647 40.9%
1990 1600 -2.9%
2000 1627 1.7%
2010 1780 9.4%
1900-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Denver had 1,780 people in 701 households. The population density was 416.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 701 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 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.

26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 61,042  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,978. 7.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Denver - Local Government Data Sheet (PDF; 184 kB) Retrieved October 29, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 29, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 29, 2014

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