Dow City
| Dow City | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1884 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Crawford County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 56 ′ N , 95 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 503 (as of 2017) |
| Population density : | 606 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 0.83 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 348 m |
| Postal code : | 51528 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-22215 |
| GNIS ID : | 455969 |
Dow City is a small town (with the status " City ") in Crawford County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2013 , Dow City had 516 residents, the number decreased slightly to 503 in 2017.
geography
Dow City is located in western Iowa on the Boyer River , a left tributary of the Missouri . This forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska around 70 km to the west . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota is 126 km to the northwest.
The geographical coordinates of Dow City are 41 ° 55'44 "north latitude and 95 ° 29'38" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 0.83 km² and is the largest town within the Union Township .
Neighboring towns to Dow City are Arion (3.7 km northeast), Denison (16.4 km in the same direction), Buck Grove (9 km east), Manilla (16.7 km in the same direction), Defiance (25 km southeast), Earling (23.3 km southeast), Panama (25.5 km south), Dunlap (12.8 km southwest), and Charter Oak (22.5 km north-northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (480 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (451 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (329 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (184 km east-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (370 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (103 km southwest), Sioux City (124 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (261 km in the same direction).
traffic
US Highway 30, which runs along the Boyer River, runs northeast to southwest as the main road through Dow City. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A freight line of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) runs through the urban area of Dow City parallel to US 30 and the Boyer River .
With the Denison Municipal Airport is located 14 km northeast a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (190 km east-southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (95.6 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (112 km northwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (266 km in the same direction).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 291 | - | |
| 1890 | 451 | 55% | |
| 1900 | 462 | 2.4% | |
| 1910 | 462 | 0% | |
| 1920 | 572 | 23.8% | |
| 1930 | 588 | 2.8% | |
| 1940 | 642 | 9.2% | |
| 1950 | 524 | -18.4% | |
| 1960 | 531 | 1.3% | |
| 1970 | 571 | 7.5% | |
| 1980 | 616 | 7.9% | |
| 1990 | 439 | -28.7% | |
| 2000 | 503 | 14.6% | |
| 2010 | 510 | 1.4% | |
| 2013 estimate | 516 | 1.2% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Dow City had 510 people in 219 households. The population density was 614.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in each of the 219 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American and 6.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.0 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,595 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,301. 26.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William R. Green (1856–1947) - Republican Member of the House of Representatives (1911–1928) - began his career as a lawyer in Dow City
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 14, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Denison Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 14, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 14, 2014