Earlville, Iowa

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Earlville
Delaware County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Earlville Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1852 (settled)
1882 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Delaware County
Coordinates : 42 ° 29 ′  N , 91 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 91 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 812 (as of 2010)
Population density : 571.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.42 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 286 m
Postal code : 52041
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-23430
GNIS ID : 456106

Earlville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Delaware County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Earlville had 812 residents, the number of which had decreased to 796 by 2013.

geography

Earlville is located in northeast Iowa on Plum Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Maquoketa River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 55 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Earlville are 42 ° 28'54 "north latitude and 91 ° 16'21" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.42 km² and is the largest town within the Oneida Township .

Neighboring towns of Earlville are Colesburg (23.5 km northeast), New Vienna (20.2 km northeast), Dyersville (13.6 km east), Worthington (22.3 km southeast), Hopkinton (18.1 km south), Delhi (10.4 km southwest), Delaware (8 km west), Manchester (16.3 km in the same direction) and Greeley (17.5 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (183 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (202 km east-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (35 miles east), Rockford in Illinois (203 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (156 km southeast), Iowa City (112 km south-southwest), Cedar Rapids (84.1 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (266 km west-southwest), Waterloo (92, 8 km west) and Rochester , Minnesota (259 km north-northwest).

traffic

US Highway 20 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs west-east past the southern outskirts of Earlville. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Through Earlville runs a railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN) in west-east direction .

With the Manchester Municipal Airport the city is located 19.4 kilometers west a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (58.5 km east) and Waterloo Regional Airport (102 km west).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 4500 -
1890 569 -87.4%
1900 618 8.6%
1910 552 -10.7%
1920 619 12.1%
1930 615 -0.6%
1940 687 11.7%
1950 661 -3.8%
1960 668 1.1%
1970 751 12.4%
1980 844 12.4%
1990 822 -2.6%
2000 900 9.5%
2010 812 -9.8%
2013 estimate 796 -2%
1870-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Earlville had 812 people in 331 households. The population density was 571.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 331 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,542  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,441. 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 24, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 24, 2014
  3. AirNav.com - Manchester Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 24, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved December 24, 2014

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