Gilman, Iowa

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Gilman
Marshall County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gilman Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1876 ​​(incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Marshall County
Coordinates : 41 ° 53 ′  N , 92 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′  N , 92 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 509 (as of 2010)
Population density : 363.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 314 m
Postal code : 50106
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-30900
GNIS ID : 456902

Gilman is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marshall County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Gilman had 509 residents, which increased slightly to 511 by 2013.

geography

Gilman is located in the eastern center of Iowa. The Mississippi forms the border with Illinois around 190 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 190 km north; Missouri's northern border is 160 km south.

The geographical coordinates of Gilman are 41 ° 52'44 "north latitude and 92 ° 47'22" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.4 km² and is the largest town within the Greencastle Township .

Neighboring towns of Gilman are Le Grand (15.2 km north), Montour (17.5 km north-northeast), Grinnell (20.2 km south-southeast), Kellogg (27.8 km southwest), Laurel (l1.8 km west), Ferguson (8 miles northwest) and Marshalltown (17 miles in the same direction).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (384 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (275 km northeast), Waterloo (98.9 km northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois (234 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (380 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (110 km east), Rockford , Illinois (368 km in the same direction), Chicago , Illinois (468 km also east), Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (127 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (211 km in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (384 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (404 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (96.6 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (319 km in the same direction), Sioux City (366 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (503 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa Highway 146 coming from the north into the town of Gilman, turns in the city center to the east and also leaves the city to the east. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight line runs north-south through the urban area of ​​Gilman.

With the Grinnell Regional Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation located 24 km south-southeast . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (104 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (118 km east) and Des Moines International Airport (106 km west southwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 553 -
1890 473 -14.5%
1900 465 -1.7%
1910 430 -7.5%
1920 490 14%
1930 428 -12.7%
1940 483 12.9%
1950 508 5.2%
1960 491 -3.3%
1970 513 4.5%
1980 642 25.1%
1990 586 -8.7%
2000 600 2.4%
2010 509 -15.2%
2013 estimate 511 0.4%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Gilman had 509 people in 233 households. The population density was 363.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 233 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with two exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 49,125  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,710. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 1, 2015
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 1, 2015
  3. AirNav.com - Grinnell Regional Airport Accessed on April 1, 2015
  4. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved April 1, 2015

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