Forest City, Iowa
| Forest City | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1878 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Winnebago County Hancock County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 16 ′ N , 93 ° 38 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,151 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 345.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.02 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 384 m |
| Postal code : | 50436 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-28380 |
| GNIS ID : | 456667 |
| Website : | www.cityofforestcity.com |
| Mayor : | Rick Skjeie |
 The 1894-1896 built Winnebago County Courthouse in Forest City, since 1981 listed in the NRHP |
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Forest City is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Winnebago County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . Much of the urban area extends into neighboring Hancock County to the south . In 2010 , Forest City had 4,151 residents, which decreased to 4,002 by 2013.
geography
Forest City is located in northern Iowa on the Winnebago River , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin through the Shell Rock River , the Cedar River and the Iowa River . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin around 220 km east ; the Minnesota border runs approximately 17 miles north.
The geographical coordinates of Forest City are 43 ° 15'45 "north latitude and 93 ° 38'14" west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.02 km² and is spread over the Forest Township of Winnebago County and the Madison Township of Hancock County.
Neighboring towns to Forest City are Leland (8.7 km north), Fertile (19.3 km east), Garner (13.2 km south), and Crystal Lake (17.1 km west southwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (220 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (166 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (396 km east), Dubuque at the intersection of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (325 km southeast), Waterloo (183 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (274 km in the same direction), Iowa's capital Des Moines (199 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (393 km southwest), Sioux City (297 km west-southwest ) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (302 km to the west).
traffic
The US Highway 69 runs north-south direction as the main road through Forest City and meets north of the center of the Iowa State Highway 9 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Forest City is the northern terminus of a branch line for freight traffic on the Union Pacific Railroad (UP).
With the Forest City Municipal Airport there is a small airport in the south of the urban area. The nearest commercial airport is the Waterloo Regional Airport , from where there is a connection to the major Chicago O'Hare airport via feeder flights .
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 155 | - | |
| 1880 | 688 | 343.9% | |
| 1890 | 895 | 30.1% | |
| 1900 | 1758 | 96.4% | |
| 1910 | 1691 | -3.8% | |
| 1920 | 2145 | 26.8% | |
| 1930 | 2016 | -6% | |
| 1940 | 2545 | 26.2% | |
| 1950 | 2766 | 8.7% | |
| 1960 | 2930 | 5.9% | |
| 1970 | 3841 | 31.1% | |
| 1980 | 4270 | 11.2% | |
| 1990 | 4430 | 3.7% | |
| 2000 | 4362 | -1.5% | |
| 2010 | 4151 | -4.8% | |
| 2013 estimate | 4002 | -3.6% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Forest City had 4,151 people in 1,686 households. The population density was 345.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 1686 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.
20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,327 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,874. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry Teigan (1881–1941) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1937–1939) - was born and raised in Forest City
- Bob Baker (1910–1975) - actor - born and raised in Forest City
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Forest City - City Officials ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2015 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 January 22, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000275.Retrieved January 22, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 22, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 22, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Forest City Municipal Airport Accessed on January 22, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 22, 2015
