Gladbrook
| Gladbrook | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1880 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Tama County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 11 ′ N , 92 ° 43 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 945 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 522.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.81 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 298 m |
| Postal code : | 50635 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-31035 |
| GNIS ID : | 456914 |
| Website : | www.gladbrook.org |
Glad Brook is a small town (with the status " City ") in Tama County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Gladbrook had 945 residents, the number of which had decreased to 926 by 2013.
geography
Gladbrook is located in east central Iowa on the right bank of Wolf Creek , which is part of the Mississippi river system via the Cedar River and the Iowa River . This forms the border with Illinois around 200 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 150 km north; Missouri's northern border is around 200 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Gladbrook are 42 ° 11'16 "north latitude and 92 ° 42'55" west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.81 km² and is the largest town within the Spring Creek Township .
Neighboring towns of Gladbrook are Lincoln (10.8 km north-northeast), Reinbeck (25.2 km northeast), Traer (23.4 km east), Garwin (13.7 km south-southeast), Le Grand (26.8 km south-southwest), Beaman (12.7 km west-northwest), Conrad (17.5 km in the same direction), and Grundy Center (15.4 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Rochester in Minnesota (229 km northeast), Waterloo (61 km northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (204 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (350 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois (350 km east), Chicago in Illinois (470 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (111 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (232 km in the same direction), Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (149 km southeast), Columbia in Missouri (422 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (423 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (115 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (338 km west-southwest), Sioux City (334 km west) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (346 km north-northwest).
traffic
The west-east running Iowa Highway 96 forms the southern city limit. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The eastern end of the Comet Trail is in Gladbrook , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the trail can also be used on skis and snowmobiles.
With the Traer Municipal Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation 25 km east . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (68 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (113 km east-southeast) and Des Moines International Airport (125 km southwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 556 | - | |
| 1900 | 842 | 51.4% | |
| 1910 | 869 | 3.2% | |
| 1920 | 961 | 10.6% | |
| 1930 | 891 | -7.3% | |
| 1940 | 945 | 6.1% | |
| 1950 | 862 | -8.8% | |
| 1960 | 949 | 10.1% | |
| 1970 | 961 | 1.3% | |
| 1980 | 970 | 0.9% | |
| 1990 | 881 | -9.2% | |
| 2000 | 1015 | 15.2% | |
| 2010 | 945 | -6.9% | |
| 2013 estimate | 926 | -2% | |
| 1890-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Gladbrook had 945 people in 410 households. The population density was 522.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 410 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.3 percent were 65 years or older. 54.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 61,818 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,039. 3.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Clifford Berry (1918–1963) - computer pioneer - born and raised in Gladbrook
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 25, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 25, 2015
- ↑ TrailLink.com - Comet Trail Accessed on March 25, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Traer Municipal Airport Accessed on March 25, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 25, 2015