Fredericksburg, Iowa

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Fredericksburg
Downtown Fredericksburg
Downtown Fredericksburg
Location in Iowa
Chickasaw County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fredericksburg Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1894 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Chickasaw County
Coordinates : 42 ° 58 ′  N , 92 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′  N , 92 ° 12 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 920 (as of 2017)
Population density : 412.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.23 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 328 m
Postal code : 50630
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-28965
GNIS ID : 456750
Website : www.fredericksburgiowa.com

Fredericksburg is a small town (with the status " City ") in Chickasaw County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2013 Fredericksburg had 927 inhabitants, the number of which decreased slightly to 920 by 2017.

geography

Fredericksburg is located in northeast Iowa on Plum Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Wapsipinicon River . The city is 95 km west of the Mississippi, which forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois . The Minnesota border runs 40 miles north of Fredericksburg.

The geographical coordinates of Fredericksburg are 42 ° 57'55 "north latitude and 92 ° 11'59" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.23 km² and is spread over the Fredericksburg and Dresden Townships .

Neighboring towns of Fredericksburg are Lawler (15.2 km northeast), Waucoma (23.5 km northeast), Hawkeye (23.3 km east-southeast), Sumner (21.9 km southeast), Tripoli (21.1 km southwest), Frederika (11 miles southwest), Nashua (18 miles west), and New Hampton (12 miles northwest).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (151 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (262 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (163 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (276 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (137 km southeast), Waterloo (63.7 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (244 km southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (137 km northwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (272 km in the same direction).

traffic

The US Highway 18 leading west to east direction as the main road through the center of town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 40 miles south-southwest , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 203 -
1890 321 58.1%
1900 565 76%
1910 558 -1.2%
1920 624 11.8%
1930 567 -9.1%
1940 649 14.5%
1950 701 8th %
1960 797 13.7%
1970 912 14.4%
1980 1075 17.9%
1990 1011 -6%
2000 984 -2.7%
2010 931 -5.4%
2013 estimate 927 -0.4%
1870-2000 2010

population

According to the 2010 census , Fredericksburg had 931 people in 427 households. The population density was 417.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 427 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.4 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 39,194  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,124. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. Accessed December 5, 2018 .
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 4, 2014
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved December 3, 2014
  4. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 4, 2014

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