Estherville
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 Estherville Public Library |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Emmet County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 24 ′ N , 94 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,360 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 471.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.5 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 395 m |
| Postal code : | 51334 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-25860 |
| GNIS ID : | 456397 |
| Website : | www.cityofestherville.org |
| Mayor : | Kenny Billings |
Estherville is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Emmet County in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , Estherville had 6,360 inhabitants.
geography
Estherville is located in northern Iowa about 11 km south of the Minnesota border . The city lies on both sides of the upper Des Moines River at 43 ° 24'16 "north latitude and 94 ° 50'1" west longitude and extends over 13.5 km².
Fort Defiance State Park , a 77 acre leisure and recreation area, begins on the southwestern outskirts . The Iowa Great Lakes are located in neighboring Dickinson County around 25 km west of Estherville.
Neighboring towns of Estherville are Superior (10.3 km west-northwest), Petersburg in Minnesota (22.3 km north-northwest), Gruver (11.1 km east) and Wallingford (10.6 km south).
The closest major cities are South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (182 km west), Rochester , Minnesota (247 km east-northeast), Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (263 km northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (302 km southeast), and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (321 km southwest).
Origin of name
The place is named after Esther A. Ridley, who was one of the first white female settlers in the area.
history
In the late afternoon of May 10, 1879, the fall of a meteorite, presumably weighing 320 kg, was observed near the city ( 43 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 94 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W ). It broke into two large, 195 kg and 65 kg, as well as several smaller parts with the sound of an explosion that could be heard from far away. The peculiarity of the find listed in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database as Estherville meteorite is on the one hand its rare composition, which is called mesosiderite , and on the other hand that it is the most massive of only seven observed mesosiderite falls. Estherville is also the type locality (first location) for the minerals stanfieldite and tetrataenite discovered in it .
traffic
In the center of Estherville, Iowa Highway 4, which runs in a north-south direction, crosses Iowa Highway 9 .
Several railway lines from different railway companies meet in Estherville.
The Estherville Municipal Airport is located 7 km east of the city.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 1475 | - | |
| 1900 | 3237 | 119.5% | |
| 1910 | 3404 | 5.2% | |
| 1920 | 4699 | 38% | |
| 1930 | 4940 | 5.1% | |
| 1940 | 5651 | 14.4% | |
| 1950 | 6719 | 18.9% | |
| 1960 | 7927 | 18% | |
| 1970 | 8108 | 2.3% | |
| 1980 | 7518 | -7.3% | |
| 1990 | 6720 | -10.6% | |
| 2000 | 6656 | -1 % | |
| 2010 | 6360 | -4.4% | |
| 1890-1990 200-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Estherville had 6,360 people in 2,642 households. The population density was 471.1 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 2,642 households.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 40,216 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,860. 16.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Estherville, IA ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 21, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 21, 2012
- ^ Henry Gannett: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, 1905, p. 121
- ↑ Estherville in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database (English)
- ^ Mindat - Estherville meteorite , Emmet Co., Iowa, USA
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 21, 2012
