Durant, Iowa
| Durant | |
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 In downtown Durant |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Cedar County Scott County Muscatine County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 36 ′ N , 90 ° 55 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,832 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 614.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.98 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 218 m |
| Postcodes : | 52747, 52778 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-22980 |
| GNIS ID : | 456075 |
| Website : | www.cityofdurantiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Dawn Smith |
 The St. Paul's Church in Durant, since 1985 NRHP listed |
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Durant is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Cedar County and to smaller parts in Scott and Muscatine Counties in the US state of Iowa . In 2010 Durant had 1,832 residents.
geography
Durant is located in eastern Iowa, about 20 km north of the border of Iowa to Illinois forming Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin is around 130 km north of Durant, the border with Missouri runs around 170 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Durant are 41 ° 35'59 "north latitude and 90 ° 54'39" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.98 km² and is predominantly in the Farmington Township of Cedar County. Smaller parts of the urban area extend into the Cleona Township of Scott County and the Wilton Township of Muscatine County.
Neighboring towns to Durant are Dixon (16.2 miles northeast), Stockton (5.4 miles east), Walcott (12.7 miles in the same direction), Blue Grass (13.3 miles southeast), Muscatine (16.2 miles southwest), Wilton (5.8 miles west), and Bennett (13.2 miles northwest).
Iowa City is 36 miles west. The closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (99.1 km northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (365 km northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (500 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (286 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois ( 215 km east-northeast), Chicago in Illinois (307 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (32 km east-southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (420 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (542 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (237 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (459 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 80 and the congruently running US Highway 6 lead in west-east direction in approximately 3 km to Durant over. The Iowa Highway 927 runs parallel to it as the main road through Durant. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS), a Class II railway company for regional freight traffic , runs through the urban area of Durant in a west-east direction .
The nearest airports are Quad City International Airport (30 miles east-southeast) and Cedar Rapids - Eastern Iowa Airport (91 km west-northwest).
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 127 | - | |
| 1870 | 373 | 193.7% | |
| 1880 | 475 | 27.3% | |
| 1890 | 505 | 6.3% | |
| 1900 | 560 | 10.9% | |
| 1910 | 720 | 28.6% | |
| 1920 | 775 | 7.6% | |
| 1930 | 733 | -5.4% | |
| 1940 | 810 | 10.5% | |
| 1950 | 1075 | 32.7% | |
| 1960 | 1266 | 17.8% | |
| 1970 | 1472 | 16.3% | |
| 1980 | 1583 | 7.5% | |
| 1990 | 1549 | -2.1% | |
| 2000 | 1677 | 8.3% | |
| 2010 | 1832 | 9.2% | |
| 1860-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Durant had 1,832 people in 743 households. The population density was 614.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 743 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 54,609 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,172. 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Durant.Retrieved October 9, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85000002.Retrieved October 9, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 9, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 9, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved October 9, 2014
