Goose Lake, Iowa

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Goose Lake
Clinton County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Goose Lake Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Clinton County
Coordinates : 41 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 240 (as of 2010)
Population density : 292.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.82 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 210 m
Postal code : 52750
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-31665
GNIS ID : 456975

Goose Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Goose Lake had 240 residents.

geography

Goose Lake is located at 41 ° 58'03 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'58" west longitude and extends over 0.82 km². The place is about 15 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border runs approximately 50 miles north. Goose Lake is one of two settlements and the only independent parish in Deep Creek Township .

On the western outskirts of Goose Lake is the lake of the same name and the Goose Lake Wildlige Management Area .

Neighboring locations to Goose Lake are Bryant, 3.2 miles east, Six Mile, 6.6 miles southeast, Charlotte, 4.5 miles west, and Preston, 6.1 miles north.

The closest major cities are Dubuque (75.9 km north), Rockford , Illinois (142 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities (66.2 km south-southwest), and Cedar Rapids (133 km west).

traffic

Iowa Highway 136 runs through Goose Lake in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.

The nearest airports are Maquoketa Municipal Airport, 23 miles northwest, and Clinton Municipal Airport , 13 miles east ; the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport 78.7 km south .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 110 -
1920 97 -11.8%
1930 128 32%
1940 145 13.3%
1950 148 2.1%
1960 191 29.1%
1970 218 14.1%
1980 274 25.7%
1990 221 -19.3%
2000 232 5%
2010 240 3.4%
1910-2000 2010

Goose Lake was home to 240 people in 89 households according to the 2010 census . The population density was 292.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.7 people lived in each of the 89 households.

The racial the population was 99.2 percent white; 0.8 percent (two people) were descended from two or more races.

32.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 74,500  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,959. No resident lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 17, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 17, 2012
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 17, 2012

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