Garwin, Iowa
| Garwin | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 (created) 1890 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Tama County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 6 ′ N , 92 ° 41 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 527 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 201.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.62 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 281 m |
| Postal code : | 50632 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-30045 |
| GNIS ID : | 456857 |
| Mayor : | Wilford Karsjen |
Garwin is a small town (with the status " City ") in Tama County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Garwin had 527 residents, the number of which had decreased to 518 by 2013.
geography
Garwin is located in the middle east of Iowa on Deer Creek , which is part of the Mississippi river system over the Iowa River . This forms the border with Illinois around 210 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs 165 km north; Missouri's northern border is around 185 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Garwin are 42 ° 05'37 "north latitude and 92 ° 40'33" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.62 km² and is the largest town within Carlton Township .
Meskwaki Settlement , the settlement area of the officially recognized by the US government Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa , part of the Sauk and Fox , begins 10 km south of the city. Other neighboring towns of Garwin are Lincoln (20 km north), Traer (28 km northeast), Clutier (25.5 km east), Toledo (18.4 km southeast), Tama (22.5 km south-southeast), Montour (17, 8 km southwest), Le Grand (10 miles southwest), Marshalltown (14 miles west southwest), Beaman (16 miles northwest), and Gladbrook (8.5 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (150 miles north), Waterloo (40 miles northeast), Dubuque at the intersection of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (208 miles east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (354 miles in the same direction ), Rockford , Illinois (355 km east), Chicago , Illinois (456 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (98.7 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (220 km in the same direction), Iowas Former capital Iowa City (131 km southeast), Columbia in Missouri (411 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (418 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (111 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (333 km west-southwest), Sioux City (346 km west-northwest) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (359 km north-northwest).
traffic
The west-east running Iowa Highway 229 runs as the main road through Garwin and reaches its western end point here. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Marshalltown Municipal Airport is located 22 km west a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (71 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (101 km east-southeast) and Des Moines International Airport (120 km southwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 470 | - | |
| 1910 | 425 | -9.6% | |
| 1920 | 587 | 38.1% | |
| 1930 | 450 | -23.3% | |
| 1940 | 517 | 14.9% | |
| 1950 | 518 | 0.2% | |
| 1960 | 546 | 5.4% | |
| 1970 | 563 | 3.1% | |
| 1980 | 626 | 11.2% | |
| 1990 | 533 | -14.9% | |
| 2000 | 565 | 6% | |
| 2010 | 527 | -6.7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 518 | -1.7% | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Garwin had 527 people in 216 households. The population density was 201.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 216 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white, 0.6 percent Native American and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,500 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,855. 4.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Garwin page on Tama County's website.Retrieved March 27, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 27, 2015
- ^ Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 27, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 27, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Marshalltown Municipal Airport Accessed on March 27, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 27, 2015