Fonda, Iowa
| Fonda | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 (settled) 1884 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Pocahontas County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 94 ° 51 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 607 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 223.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.72 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 375 m |
| Postal code : | 50540 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-28245 |
| GNIS ID : | 456657 |
| Website : | fondaiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Don Wolf |
Fonda is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pocahontas County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Fonda had 631 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 607 by 2015.
geography
Fonda is located in the central northwestern Iowa at Cedar Creek , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.
The intersections of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota and the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska on the Missouri are 237 km northwest and 150 km west of Fonda.
The geographical coordinates of Fonda are 42 ° 34 '53 "north latitude and 94 ° 50' 46" west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.72 km² and is the largest town within the Cedar Township .
Neighboring towns to Fonda are Palmer (25.9 km east-northeast), Pomeroy (16.4 km east-southeast), Knoke (13.8 km southeast), Lytton (18.7 km south), Nemaha (27.2 km west-southwest), Newell (14.8 km west-northwest) and Varina (12.8 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (364 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (340 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (310 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (209 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (430 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (224 km southwest), Sioux City (138 km south-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (268 km northwest).
traffic
The west-east Iowa Highway 7 runs along the northern edge of the metropolitan area of Fonda. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A single-track Canadian National Railway runs through Fonda and is used for freight traffic.
The Pocahontas Municipal Airport is 35 km northeast of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (211 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (216 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (150 km west) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (274 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 168 | - | |
| 1890 | 625 | 272% | |
| 1900 | 1180 | 88.8% | |
| 1910 | 978 | -17.1% | |
| 1920 | 1136 | 16.2% | |
| 1930 | 1027 | -9.6% | |
| 1940 | 1188 | 15.7% | |
| 1950 | 1120 | -5.7% | |
| 1960 | 1026 | -8.4% | |
| 1970 | 980 | -4.5% | |
| 1980 | 863 | -11.9% | |
| 1990 | 731 | -15.3% | |
| 2000 | 648 | -11.4% | |
| 2010 | 631 | -2.6% | |
| 2015 estimate | 607 | -3.8% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
history
In 1870 the place was founded under the name Marvin after the train station of the then Illinois Central and Cedarville after the name of the post office in the newly established Cedar Township. In 1874, the use of two names for the settlement ended and the name Fonda , which goes back to a town in the state of New York , was used. Ten years later, Fonda was incorporated as an independent municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Fonda had 631 people in 259 households. The population density was 232 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 259 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.5 percent Polynesians and 2.5 from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 8.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 39,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,039. 16.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Nathan Post (1881–1938) - naval officer, 1913 and again in 1914 acting military governor of American Samoa - born in Fonda
- Ruth Stafford Peale (1906–2008) - writer - born in Fonda
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Fonda - Government. Retrieved January 30, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 30, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 30, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Pocahontas Municipal Airport Accessed on January 30, 2017
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved January 30, 2017
- ↑ City of Fonda - History.Retrieved January 30, 2017
- ↑ city-data.com - Fonda, Iowa. Retrieved January 30, 2017
