Diagonal (Iowa)
| Diagonal | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Ringgold County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 49 ′ N , 94 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 328 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 140.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.33 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 371 m |
| Postal code : | 50854 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-21270 |
| GNIS ID : | 455904 |
Diagonal is a small town (with the status " City ") in Ringgold County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Diagonal had 330 inhabitants, the number of which decreased slightly to 328 by 2015.
geography
Diagonal lies in the southwest of Iowa on the west bank of the Grand River , a left tributary of the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Diagonal are 40 ° 48'34 "north latitude and 94 ° 20'32" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.33 km² and is distributed over the Washington Township and the Jefferson Township .
Neighboring towns to Diagonal are Shannon City (17 km northeast), Tingley (17.1 km east-northeast), Ellston (26.1 km east), Mount Ayr (19.8 km southeast), Benton (15 km south), Maloy (21 , 6 km south-southwest), Clearfield (8 miles west), and Lenox (17 miles west-northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (149 km northeast), Kansas City in Missouri (231 km south), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (238 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (183 km west-northwest).
history
Diagonal was created in 1881 as a train stop and was originally supposed to be named Goshen after a nearby post office. Diagonal is the name of the railway line that ran through Iowa from northeast to southwest through this station. The city was founded on March 6, 1896.
traffic
Only subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads run through the urban area of Diagonal.
The Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport is located 21.3 to the southeast, a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (140 km northeast), Kansas City International Airport (214 km south) and Eppley Airfield in Omaha (181 km west-northwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 383 | - | |
| 1910 | 509 | 32.9% | |
| 1920 | 569 | 11.8% | |
| 1930 | 577 | 1.4% | |
| 1940 | 603 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 472 | -21.7% | |
| 1960 | 443 | -6.1% | |
| 1970 | 327 | -26.2% | |
| 1980 | 362 | 10.7% | |
| 1990 | 298 | -17.7% | |
| 2000 | 312 | 4.7% | |
| 2010 | 330 | 5.8% | |
| 2015 estimate | 328 | -0.6% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2015 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Diagonal had 330 people in 119 households. The population density was 2.33 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 119 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American and 1.8 percent Native American.
15.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 48.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 36.1 percent were 65 years or older. 54.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 36,625 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,881. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Attractions
The octagonal round barn WJ Buck Polygonal Barn about 7 km southeast of Diagonal is listed on Ringgold County's National Register of Historic Places .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 1, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 1, 2016
- ^ Tom Savage: A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names , University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 2007, p. 72.
- ^ Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport.Retrieved December 1, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB) Retrieved December 1, 2016