Dexter, Iowa
| Dexter | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1868 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Dallas County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 31 ′ N , 94 ° 14 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 689 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 222.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2,000 km 2 (approx. 772 mi 2 ) of which 3.1 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 3.1 m |
| Postcodes : | 50070 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-21225 |
| GNIS ID : | 0455902 |
| Website : | www.dexteriowa.org |
Dexter one is city in Dallas County in the middle of the US -amerikanischen State of Iowa and part of the metropolitan area to Iowa's capital Des Moines . In 2000 Dexter had 689 inhabitants.
geography
Dexter is at 41 ° 30'56 "north latitude and 94 ° 13'38" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.1 km², which consists exclusively of land.
Dexter is located north of Interstate 80 , from which US Highway 6 branches off to the west of the town .
Iowa's capital, Des Moines, is 54 km to the east, Omaha 171 km to the west, Kansas City , Missouri 337 km to the south, and Minneapolis , Minnesota's largest city , 445 km to the north.
history
Dexter was founded in 1868.
The town became famous for a shootout in July 1933 between members of the Bonnie and Clyde- led Barrow gang and police from all over the place.
On September 18, 1948, Dexter was the place where President Harry S. Truman gave a speech at a plowing competition in which he sharply attacked Congress and thus attracted great attention from the country's farmers. That speech was one of the most important of the 1948 election campaign that gave Truman another term in office.
Demographic data
In the 2000 census, the population was 689. These were distributed to 259 households in 190 families. The population density was 223.5 / km². There were 270 buildings, which corresponds to a building density of 87.6 / km².
The population in 2000 was 97.82% white , 0.29% Native American , 1.31% Asian, and 0.29% other. 0.29% said they came from at least two of these groups. 1.16% of the population was Hispanic from any of the above groups.
28.3% were under 18 years of age, 5.8% between 18 and 24, 29.3% between 25 and 44, 21.6% between 45 and 64 and 15.4% 65 and over. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were statistically 99.7 men, and 96.0 for over 18-year-olds.
The median income per household was $ 39,375 and the median family income was $ 44,861. The average income for men was $ 30,395 and that of women was $ 22,361. The per capita income was $ 16,990. Around 4.3% of families and 4.6% of the total population had their income below the poverty line .
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ Dexfield Park
- ^ Truman Library
- ^ Truman Library
- ↑ All Politics ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.presidency.ucsb.edu
- ^ US Census Bureau - Dexter, Iowa
