Fort Dodge
| Fort Dodge | |
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 Central Avenue in downtown Fort Dodge |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1869 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Webster County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 30 ′ N , 94 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 25.206 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 596.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 42.24 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 339 m |
| Postal code : | 50501 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-28515 |
| GNIS ID : | 456686 |
| Website : | www.fortdodgeiowa.org |
| Mayor : | Matt Bemrich |
 The Webster County Courthouse in Fort Dodge, built in 1902, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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Fort Dodge is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Webster County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Fort Dodge had 25,206 residents, the number of which had decreased to 24,639 by 2013.
geography
Fort Dodge is located in northwest central Iowa on the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Fort Dodge are 42 ° 29'51 "north latitude and 94 ° 10'05" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 42.24 km² and does not belong to any township .
Neighboring towns to Fort Dodge are Badger (14.9 km north), Vincent (14.9 km northeast), Duncombe (18.6 km west southwest), Coalville (10.3 km southeast), Lehigh (26 km in the same direction) , Otho (14.5 km south), Moorland (14 km southwest) and Barnum (18.8 km west), Clare (23.9 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (348 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (295 km northeast), Waterloo (161 km east), Cedar Rapids (244 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (148 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (430 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (265 km southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (343 km in the same direction), Sioux City (189 km west) and South Dakota's largest City of Sioux Falls (313 km northwest).
traffic
South of the city, US Highway 20, which has been converted into a freeway, crosses US Highway 169, which runs in a north-south direction through the west of the urban area . The Business Highway 20 runs west-east direction through the center of Fort Dodge. At the confluence with US 169, Iowa State Highway 7 reaches its eastern end point. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Local public transport is maintained through Dodger Area Rapid Transit . There are six bus routes every week.
In Fort Dodge, several freight railroad lines of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the Canadian National Railway (CN) meet.
With the Fort Dodge Regional Airport is located on the northern outskirts a regional airport on the connections to St. Louis and Chicago are made. The nearest major airport is Des Moines International Airport, 164 km south-southeast .
economy
The main industries are biofuel production , gypsum and limestone mining . The German company Boehringer Ingelheim has research and development facilities for veterinary medicine in Fort Dodge, which Pfizer acquired in October 2009 .
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 672 | - | |
| 1870 | 3095 | 360.6% | |
| 1880 | 3586 | 15.9% | |
| 1890 | 4871 | 35.8% | |
| 1900 | 12,162 | 149.7% | |
| 1910 | 15,543 | 27.8% | |
| 1920 | 19,347 | 24.5% | |
| 1930 | 21,895 | 13.2% | |
| 1940 | 22,904 | 4.6% | |
| 1950 | 25,115 | 9.7% | |
| 1960 | 28,399 | 13.1% | |
| 1970 | 31,263 | 10.1% | |
| 1980 | 29,423 | -5.9% | |
| 1990 | 25,894 | -12% | |
| 2000 | 25,136 | -2.9% | |
| 2010 | 25.206 | 0.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 24,639 | -2.2% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Fort Dodge had 25,206 people in 10,275 households. The population density was 596.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 10,275 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.7 percent white, 5.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.
27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,972 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,721. 18.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Charles Pomeroy (1825-1891) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1869-1871) - lived at Fort Dodge for several years
- Benjamin F. Gue (1828–1904) - 5th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1866–1868) - lived at Fort Dodge for several years
- Cyrus C. Carpenter (1829–1898) - 8th Governor of Iowa (1872–1876) - lived and is buried at Fort Dodge for most of his life
- Jonathan P. Dolliver (1858-1910) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1889-1900) - lived and is buried at Fort Dodge for many years
- Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861–1929) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1911–1913) - born in Fort Dodge
- Holm Olaf Bursum (1867–1953) - Republican US Senator from New Mexico (1921–1925) - born and raised in Fort Dodge
- Edmond Heelan (1868–1948) - Bishop of Sioux City - served as pastor at Fort Dodge for many years
- William H. Duckworth (1885–1970) - 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1921–1922) - was born and raised in Fort Dodge
- Karl L. King (1891–1971) - composer and conductor - worked at Fort Dodge for 50 years
- James I. Dolliver (1894–1978) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1945–1957) - lived for a long time in Fort Dodge and is buried here
- Robert D. Blue (1898–1989) - 30th Governor of Iowa (1945–1949) - died at Fort Dodge
- Robert Pierce (1914–1978) - journalist and preacher - born in Fort Dodge
- Mack Hellings (1917–1951) - racing car driver - born in Fort Dodge
- Corita Kent (1918–1986) - nun, artist, teacher, philosopher and political activist - born in Fort Dodge
- Samuel Z. Arkoff (1918–2001) - film producer, was considered the king of low-budget films - born in Fort Dodge
- Walter Kempley (1926–2001) - writer and screenwriter - born and raised in Fort Dodge
- Mary Kelly (* 1941) - conceptual artist - born in Fort Dodge
- Robert Kolb (* 1941) - theologian - born and raised in Fort Dodge
- Jon Porter (* 1955) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (2003-2009) - was born and raised in Fort Dodge
- Kent Anderson (* 1962) - American football coach - born in Fort Dodge
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Fort Dodge - City Council Members and Mayor , Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000274 , Accessed January 28, 2015.
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder , Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on January 28, 2015.
- ^ Mid Iowa Development Association - DART , accessed January 28, 2015.
- ↑ AirNav.com - Fort Dodge Regional Airport , Accessed on January 28, 2015.
- ↑ City of Fort Dodge - Airport , Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance , Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ Iowa Data Center , accessed January 28, 2015.
