Fairbank, Iowa

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Fairbank
Buchanan County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fairbank Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Buchanan County
Fayette County
Coordinates : 42 ° 38 ′  N , 92 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 92 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,113 (as of 2010)
Population density : 588.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.89 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 301 m
Postal code : 50629
Area code : +1 319
FIPS : 19-26355
GNIS ID : 456462
Website : www.fairbank-ia.org
Mayor : Bill Cowell

Fairbank is a small town (with the status " City ") in Buchanan County and to a lesser extent in Fayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Fairbank had 1,113 residents.

geography

Fairbank is located in northeastern Iowa on both sides of the Little Wapsipinicon River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Wapsipinicon River . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois about 100 km east .

The geographical coordinates of Fairbank are 42 ° 38'21 "north latitude and 92 ° 02'50" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.89 km². Most of Fairbank is in the Fairbank Township of Buchanan County, while the smaller portion is in the Oran Township of Fayette County.

Neighboring towns to Fairbank are Oelwein (15.3 km east-northeast), Hazleton (14.4 km east-southeast), Jesup (19.3 km south), Dunkerton (16.7 km southwest), and Readlyn (22 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (189 km north), Dubuque at the intersection of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (142 km east), Cedar Rapids (90.3 km southeast), Waterloo (25.4 km southwest) and Iowa's capital, Des Moines (222 km in the same direction).

traffic

The Iowa State Highway 281 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Fairbank. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 40.2 km southwest , from where several airlines connect to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 223 -
1890 448 100.9%
1900 644 43.8%
1910 618 -4%
1920 657 6.3%
1930 629 -4.3%
1940 631 0.3%
1950 653 3.5%
1960 650 -0.5%
1970 810 24.6%
1980 980 21%
1990 1018 3.9%
2000 1041 2.3%
2010 1113 6.9%
1880-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Fairbank had 1,113 people in 461 households. The population density was 588.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 461 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 57,500  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,669. 3.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Fairbank - City Council & Administration Department. Retrieved October 24, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 24, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 24, 2014
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 24, 2014

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