Garden Grove, Iowa
| Garden Grove | |
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 In the center of Garden Grove |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Decatur County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 50 ′ N , 93 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 211 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 117.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.79 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 340 m |
| Postal code : | 50103 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-29775 |
| GNIS ID : | 456823 |
Garden Grove is a small town (with the status " City ") in Decatur County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . Garden Grove had 211 residents in 2010 , which decreased to 202 by 2013.
geography
Garden Grove is located in southern Iowa, around 30 km north of the border with the neighboring state of Missouri . The border with Nebraska visual Missouri River flows some 210 km to the west; about 200 km to the east the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Garden Grove are 40 ° 49'38 "north latitude and 93 ° 36'26" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 1.79 km² and is the largest town within the Garden Grove Township .
Neighboring towns to Garden Grove are Le Roy (6.8 km north-northeast), Humeston (12.8 km east-northeast), Leon (19.8 km southwest), Van Wert (20.6 km west-northwest), and Weldon (18.6 km northwest ).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (120 km north), Cedar Rapids (273 km northeast), Iowa City (150 miles east-northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (326 km in the same direction), Peoria , Illinois (393 km east), Illinois' capital Springfield (417 km east-southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (472 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (230 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (252 km west-northwest) and Sioux City ( 393 km northwest).
traffic
US Highway 65 , which runs north-south , passes Garden Grove 5 miles east. The Iowa State Highway 204 reaches its northern end in Garden Grove. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Lamoni Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 43.5 km southwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (110 km north).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 549 | - | |
| 1890 | 554 | 0.9% | |
| 1900 | 651 | 17.5% | |
| 1910 | 611 | -6.1% | |
| 1920 | 666 | 9% | |
| 1930 | 558 | -16.2% | |
| 1940 | 558 | 0% | |
| 1950 | 417 | -25.3% | |
| 1960 | 335 | -19.7% | |
| 1970 | 285 | -14.9% | |
| 1980 | 297 | 4.2% | |
| 1990 | 229 | -22.9% | |
| 2000 | 250 | 9.2% | |
| 2010 | 211 | -15.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 202 | -4.3% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
As of the 2010 census , Garden Grove had 211 people in 78 households. The population density was 117.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.71 people each in the 78 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white and 0.9 percent African American; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,911 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,550. 22.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Eugene Jerome Hainer (1851-1929) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1893-1897) - spent part of his youth in Garden Grove
- William Eugene Higby (1884-1967) - 29th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1943-1947) - born in Garden Grove
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 22, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 22, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Lamoni Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 22, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 22, 2014
