Elkader
| Elkader | |||
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 City center (September 2014) |
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| Location in Iowa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1846 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Iowa | ||
| County : | Clayton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 51 ′ N , 91 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,226 (as of 2017) | ||
| Population density : | 340.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 223 m | ||
| Postal code : | 52043 | ||
| Area code : | +1 563 | ||
| FIPS : | 19-24690 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0456303 | ||
Elkader is the Turkey River town location (with the status " City ") in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . It is the administrative center of Clayton County and a regional cultural center that has a number of historic buildings from the 19th century, an opera and several museums. The city is named after the Algerian freedom fighter Abd el-Kader . In 2017 Elkader had 1,226 inhabitants.
Attractions
Elkader owns a number of historic buildings that were built in the 19th century or around the turn of the century and were listed on the United States' National Register of Historic Places in 1976 .
The Elkader Opera House is a three-story brick building that was built in 1903 on the site of an older building that was destroyed by fire. Its concert hall has 455 seats and ensembles from the greater Minneapolis - Chicago area perform regularly . The Clayton County Courthouse (Justice and Administration Building) was built in 1867–1868. The brick building in the "Italian style" was supplemented in 1896 by a clock tower on the roof. The Carter House Museum gives an insight into the life of Iowa in the mid-19th century and exhibits clothes, furniture and everyday objects from that time. It is located in an 18-room mansion from the 19th century, built in a neoclassical style . The Davis House is the oldest building Elkaders. It is a red brick house that city founder Timothy Davis built for himself between 1845 and 1850. It has served as the headquarters of the local funeral home since 1960. The Price House is a large two story brick house that was built before 1870. The Schmidt House was built in 1867 as a duplex for the families of Wolfgang Schmidt and John Blasius. The two were immigrants from Bavaria who settled in Elkader in 1865 and founded a brewery. The Stemmer House is a red brick building, a large wooden veranda and decorated with woodwork facade in Victorian Gingerbread style has. It was built by JC Stemmer in 1889. The Keystone Bridge is a 115 m long stone arch bridge over the Turkey River. It was built in 1889 and is considered the longest of its kind west of the Mississippi
The Catholic St. Josephs Church consists of two buildings. In addition to the large actual church, built in 1898, there is also a 40 year old stone building known as the "old rock church", which previously served as a church and is the oldest Catholic church building in Elkader.
history
Elisha Boardman and Horace Bronson were the first farmers to settle on the Turkey River in the Elkader area in 1836. Bronson also built the first schoolhouse together with local farmers. Timothy Davis , John Thompson and Chester Sage drafted the plan for a ward that was officially planted in June 1846. They named their community after Abd el-Kader, a well-known contemporary freedom fighter who was fighting the French colonial power in Algeria. As early as the next year, the place owned a flour mill, a sawmill and a general store. In 1856 more shops had settled and the population had grown to 500 residents. In the first decades after it was founded, Elkader competed with the neighboring communities of Garnavillo and Guttenberg for the county’s administrative seat . From 1880 Elkader became the final administrative seat of Clayton County. In 1886 the city received a rail link to Milwaukee and in 1888 construction began on the Keystone Bridge over the Turkey River. In 1891 Elkader received the status of a incorporated community . Around 1900 Elkader had 1,300 residents and four daily newspapers including a German-language one.
In 1983 the United States Information Agency published an article on the founding history of Elkader, written by Donna Menken, in its Arabic-language magazine Al Majal . The Algerian Benaoumer Zergaoui, who was born in Muaskar , the city of Abd el-Kader, became aware of this and visited Elkaders in the same year. In 1984 Elkader then entered into a town partnership with Muaskar.
When the northeast of Iowa was hit by severe flooding in the summer of 2008, the Turkey River in Elkader reached an all-time high. Eventually it flooded a dam and then large parts of the city center. The Algerian government under Abdelaziz Bouteflika then donated $ 150,000 for the reconstruction.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 440 | - | |
| 1870 | 697 | 58.4% | |
| 1880 | 851 | 22.1% | |
| 1890 | 745 | -12.5% | |
| 1900 | 1321 | 77.3% | |
| 1910 | 1181 | -10.6% | |
| 1920 | 1223 | 3.6% | |
| 1930 | 1382 | 13% | |
| 1940 | 1556 | 12.6% | |
| 1950 | 1584 | 1.8% | |
| 1960 | 1526 | -3.7% | |
| 1970 | 1592 | 4.3% | |
| 1980 | 1688 | 6% | |
| 1990 | 1510 | -10.5% | |
| 2000 | 1465 | -3% | |
| 2010 | 1273 | -13.1% | |
| 1860-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Elkader had 1273 people in 577 households. The population density was 353.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 577 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.3 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,452 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,170. 8.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Others
Elkader holds the cold record for Iowa (as of 2002). On February 3, 1996, a temperature of −43.9 degrees Celsius was measured in Elkader.
Sons and daughters
- Francis John Dunn (1922–1989), Auxiliary Bishop in Dubuque
- Asle Gronna (1858-1922), politician
Documentation
- Empire special - Islam and America on Al Jazeera English , contains video clip about Elkader (43:20 - 45:10 min)
- Out and About Iowa , report on Elkader in the Out and About Iowa section of The Iowa Journal (broadcast by Iowa Public TV)
- Couscous and cultural diplomacy . Radiodocumentation, ABC (360documentaries), September 10, 2011 (MP3, 25 min)
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. Accessed December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Historic Sites - Brief description and photos of the historic buildings in Elkader on the website of the Elkader Chamber of Commerce (accessed August 11, 2012)
- ↑ History of the St. Joseph's Church ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Information on church history on the website of the Catholic parish of Elkader (accessed February 7, 2016)
- ↑ Elkader's First 100 Years - Article on the town's history on the website of the Elkader Chamber of Commerce (accessed August 11, 2012)
- ↑ Tom Savage: A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names . University of Iowa Press 2007, ISBN 978-1-58729-531-7 , p. 80 ( excerpt (Google) )
- ^ Elkader Sister Cities International Program - information about the city partnership on the official website
- ↑ Erik Hogstrom: Elkader in deep ( memento of the original from September 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In Telegraph Herald (online edition), Dubuque, June 11, 2008 ( Highbeam ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Pat McTaggart: Elkader receives $ 150,000 in flood relief from Algeria ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Telegraph Herald (online edition), Dubuque, July 1, 2008 and Algeria gives Elkader helping hand . Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, July 2, 2008 ( Highbeam ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved August 11, 2012
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 11, 2012
- ↑ Jay D. Winans: Iowa . Weigl Publishers Inc. 2002, ISBN 1-930954-38-7 , p. 8 ( excerpt (Google) )
