Fort Atkinson, Iowa
| Fort Atkinson | |
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 The remains of the Fort Atkinson military post |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1840 (created) 1895 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Winneshiek County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 9 ′ N , 91 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 349 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 436.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 0.8 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 313 m |
| Postal code : | 52144 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-28425 |
| GNIS ID : | 456681 |
| Website : | www.fortatkinsoniowa.com |
| Mayor : | Paul Herold |
 The powder magazine of the former military post |
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Fort Atkinson is a town (with the status " City ") in Winneshiek County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Fort Atkinson had 349 residents, the number of which had decreased to 340 by 2013.
geography
Fort Atkinson is located in northeastern Iowa on the Turkey River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin around 75 km east ; by Minnesota there are about 50 km to the north.
Fort Atkinson is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois . During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Fort Atkinson are 43 ° 08'36 "north latitude and 91 ° 55'58" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 0.8 km² and is within the Washington Township .
Neighboring towns of Fort Atkinson are Calmar (7.9 km northeast), Ossian (17.3 km east), West Union (26.6 km south-southeast), Saint Lucas (9.3 km south), Waucoma (16.3 km southwest ), Lawler (21.5 km west-southwest), Protivin (20.2 km northwest), and Spillville (9.2 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (114 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (239 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (157 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (279 km east) km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (153 km south), Waterloo (99.5 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (280 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (137 km north-northwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (266 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 24 leads northeast-southwest direction through the city of Fort Atkinson. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Parallel to the IA 24, a railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) runs through the urban area of Fort Atkinson.
With the George L. Scott Municipal Airport at West Union there is a small airfield 26 km southeast. The nearest commercial airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , located 99 km to the south-southwest , from where there are feeder flights to the major Chicago O'Hare airports.
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 435 | - | |
| 1890 | 480 | 10.3% | |
| 1900 | 264 | -45% | |
| 1910 | 289 | 9.5% | |
| 1920 | 315 | 9% | |
| 1930 | 305 | -3.2% | |
| 1940 | 261 | -14.4% | |
| 1950 | 273 | 4.6% | |
| 1960 | 353 | 29.3% | |
| 1970 | 339 | -4% | |
| 1980 | 374 | 10.3% | |
| 1990 | 367 | -1.9% | |
| 2000 | 389 | 6% | |
| 2010 | 349 | -10.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 340 | -2.6% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
Fort Atkinson was built from May 1840 to summer 1842 to protect the Ho-Chunk (also called Winnebago) Indian tribe during their evacuation from Wisconsin . The US Army handed the fort over to an Iowa volunteer army when the troops were needed for the Mexican-American War (which took place from 1846 to 1848) . The Ho-Chunk were also expelled from Iowa in 1848 and settled further west. After Fort Atkinson lost its importance, it was abandoned as a military post on February 14, 1849.
Due to the civilians who had settled in the meantime, the place continued to exist. Fort Atkinson was connected to the railway network in 1869; the first school opened in 1870. In 1895 Fort Atkinson was incorporated as a separate municipality.
The area of the former fort is registered as Fort Atkinson State Preserve on the National Register of Historic Places and has the status of a state park .
population
According to the 2010 census , Fort Atkinson had 349 people in 160 households. The population density was 436.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 160 households.
Ethnically, with seven exceptions, the population consisted only of whites. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,499. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Fort Atkinson - Mayor ( Memento of the original from January 21, 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 21, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 21, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 21, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - George L. Scott Municipal Airport Accessed on January 21, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 21, 2015
- ↑ City of Fort Atkinson - History (PDF; 41 kB) ( Memento of the original from January 21, 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 21, 2015
- ^ Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Fort Atkinson State Preserve. Retrieved January 21, 2015
