Fayette, Iowa
| Fayette | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Fayette County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 51 ′ N , 91 ° 48 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,338 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 349.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.83 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 307 m |
| Postal code : | 52142 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-27165 |
| GNIS ID : | 456562 |
| Website : | home.windstream.net/fayettecity |
| Mayor : | Andrew Wenthe |
Fayette is a small town (with the status " City ") in Fayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Fayette had 1,338 residents.
geography
Fayette is located in the central northeast of Iowa on the Volga River , which belongs to the Mississippi River basin across the Turkey River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 60 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Fayette are 42 ° 50'31 "north latitude and 91 ° 48'08" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.83 km². Begins on the northeastern outskirts of Volga River State Recreation Area is a state park .
Neighboring towns of Fayette are West Union (15 km north), Elgin (25.6 km northeast), Wadena (15.6 km east), Arlington (18.9 km southeast), Stanley (23.1 km south), Oelwein ( 26.7 km south-southwest), Maynard (14.2 km southwest), Sumner (15 km west), Randalia (9 km west-northwest), and Hawkeye ( 14.2 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (156 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (245 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (125 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (239 km) km southeast), Cedar Rapids (113 km south), Waterloo (82.9 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (264 km in the same direction), and Rochester , Minnesota (174 km north-northwest).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 150 leads north-south direction as the main road through Fayette and meets in the city center at the western terminus of the Iowa State Highway 93 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (82.7 km southwest) and Cedar Rapids' Eastern Iowa Airport (127 km south).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 995 | - | |
| 1890 | 1062 | 6.7% | |
| 1900 | 1315 | 23.8% | |
| 1910 | 1112 | -15.4% | |
| 1920 | 1085 | -2.4% | |
| 1930 | 1083 | -0.2% | |
| 1940 | 1162 | 7.3% | |
| 1950 | 1469 | 26.4% | |
| 1960 | 1597 | 8.7% | |
| 1970 | 1947 | 21.9% | |
| 1980 | 1515 | -22.2% | |
| 1990 | 1317 | -13.1% | |
| 2000 | 1300 | -1.3% | |
| 2010 | 1338 | 2.9% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Fayette had 1,338 people in 434 households. The population density was 349.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 434 households.
The racial the population was composed of 88.6 percent white, 6.7 percent African American, 1.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
11.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 74.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,052 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,323. 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- James Perry Conner (1851-1924) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1900-1909) - studied in Fayette
- William E. Fuller (1846–1918) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1885–1889) - studied in Fayette
- Milton C. Garber (1867-1948) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1923-1933) - studied in Fayette
- George Arthur Mathews (1852-1941) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1889) - studied in Fayette
education
Fayette is home to Upper Iowa University , a private college founded in 1857 with 900 students.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Fayette - City Government ( Memento of the original from November 20, 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 October 27, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 27, 2014
- ^ Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Volga River State Recreation Area.Retrieved October 27, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 27, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 27, 2014
- ^ Upper Iowa University. Retrieved October 27, 2014
