Edgewood, Iowa
| Edgewood | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1892 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Clayton County Delaware County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 39 ′ N , 91 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 864 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 392.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.2 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 286 m |
| Postal code : | 52042 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-24060 |
| GNIS ID : | 456235 |
| Website : | edgewoodiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Jim Stone |
Edgewood is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Clayton and Delaware Counties in the US state of Iowa . In 2010 Edgewood had 864 residents, the number of which increased slightly to 869 by 2013.
geography
Edgewood is located in central northeast Iowa, around 35 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin .
The geographical coordinates of Edgewood are 42 ° 38'40 "north latitude and 91 ° 24'05" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.2 km² and is distributed in approximately equal parts over the Lodomillo Township of Clayton County and the Honey Creek Township of Delaware County.
Edgewood is on the edge of the Driftless Area known as the Ice Age-shaped region that extends across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation, the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time as well.
Neighboring towns to Edgewood are Elkader (29.7 km north), Elkport (18.5 km northeast), Garber (20.1 km in the same direction), Colesburg (18.4 km east), Greeley (10.5 km southeast ), Manchester ( 13.3 miles south-southwest), Dundee (11.6 miles southwest), Strawberry Point (8.3 miles west-northwest), and Volga (16.3 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (160 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (218 km east-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (73.1 km east-southeast), Rockford in Illinois (221 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (185 km southeast), Iowa City (129 km south), Cedar Rapids (93.3 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (276 km southwest), Waterloo (102 km west-southwest) and Rochester , Minnesota (218 km northwest).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 3 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Edgewood. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Manchester Municipal Airport the city is 27 km south-southwest a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (86.9 km east-southeast) and Waterloo Regional Airport (111 km west-southwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 565 | - | |
| 1910 | 555 | -1.8% | |
| 1920 | 617 | 11.2% | |
| 1930 | 638 | 3.4% | |
| 1940 | 716 | 12.2% | |
| 1950 | 696 | -2.8% | |
| 1960 | 767 | 10.2% | |
| 1970 | 786 | 2.5% | |
| 1980 | 900 | 14.5% | |
| 1990 | 842 | -6.4% | |
| 2000 | 923 | 9.6% | |
| 2010 | 864 | -6.4% | |
| 2013 estimate | 869 | 0.6% | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
As of the 2010 census , Edgewood had 864 people in 385 households. The population density was 392.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.09 people lived in each of the 385 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with eight exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.6 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,249. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Edgewood - Edgewood City Council ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 25, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 25, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Manchester Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 25, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved December 25, 2014
