Grinnell, Iowa
| Grinnell | |
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 In downtown Grinnell |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Poweshiek County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 45 ′ N , 92 ° 43 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 9,141 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 625.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14.61 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 309 m |
| Postal code : | 50112 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-33105 |
| GNIS ID : | 457150 |
| Website : | www.grinnelliowa.gov |
| Mayor : | Gordon R. Canfield |
 The Goodnow Hall of Grinnell College , under number 79000934 in 1979 NRHP registered |
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Grinnell is a city (with the status " City ") in Poweshiek County in US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Grinnell had 9,218 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 9,141 by 2015.
geography
Grinnell is located in the central southeast of Iowa, around 100 km north of the Missouri border and around 100 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Grinnell are 41 ° 44'37 "north latitude and 92 ° 43'29" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 14.61 km² and does not belong to any township.
A few kilometers west of Grinnell, Rock Creek State Park is a small recreational area in the range of a state park around the Rock Creek Lake of the same name .
The closest neighboring towns to Grinnell are Sheridan (13 miles northeast), Brooklyn (25 miles east), Malcom (12 miles east-southeast), Ewart (13 miles southeast), Searsboro (12 miles south), Lynnville (14 miles southwest), Sully (17 miles southwest), Oakland Acres (9.6 miles southwest), and Newburg (8 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (292 km north), Cedar Rapids (108 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (191 km east), Chicago in Illinois (459 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (340 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (397 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (86.7 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (309 km in the same direction), and Sioux City (388 km west-northwest).
traffic
Along the southern edge of the urban area of Grinnell runs from west to east of Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest connection from Des Moines to Chicago. The US Highway 6 runs in a west-east direction through the urban area of Grinnell and intersects the Iowa Highway 146 in the center . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In Grinnell a west-east running railway line of the BNSF Railway crosses a north-south line of the Union Pacific Railroad . The former train station at the intersection of the two lines is now used as a restaurant.
With the Grinnell Regional Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation in the southern part of the city . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (105 km west-southwest).
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 392 | - | |
| 1870 | 1482 | 278.1% | |
| 1880 | 2415 | 63% | |
| 1890 | 3332 | 38% | |
| 1900 | 3856 | 15.7% | |
| 1910 | 5036 | 30.6% | |
| 1920 | 5362 | 6.5% | |
| 1930 | 4949 | -7.7% | |
| 1940 | 5219 | 5.5% | |
| 1950 | 6828 | 30.8% | |
| 1960 | 7367 | 7.9% | |
| 1970 | 8402 | 14% | |
| 1980 | 8868 | 5.5% | |
| 1990 | 8902 | 0.4% | |
| 2000 | 9105 | 2.3% | |
| 2010 | 9218 | 1.2% | |
| 2015 estimate | 9141 | -0.8% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2015 | |||
The city was founded in 1854 by Vermont lawyer and politician Josiah Bushnell Grinnell . On April 28, 1865, the place was incorporated as an independent municipality.
The city was at the intersection of two railway lines. A stretch of the Rock Island Line ran from east to west . A line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway later taken over by the North Western ran north-south . As a result, the city quickly developed into the largest town in the entire county.
Before leaving town, Josiah Grinnell founded the Trustees of Iowa College in 1846 , which later became known as Grinnell College .
population
According to the 2010 census , Grinnell had 9,218 people in 3,567 households. The population density was 625.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 3567 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.7 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 0.8 from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
19 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 45,365 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,863. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1863-1867) - founded the city and lived here until the end of his life
- Daniel W. Hamilton (1861-1936) - Democratic member of the US House of Representatives (1907-1909) - practiced as a lawyer in Grinnell for a time
- John Dashiell Stoops (1873–1973) - philosopher - taught at Grinnell College and lived here until the end of his life
- Allan Eugene Updegraff (1883–1965) - writer, poet and journalist - born and raised in Grinnell
- David R. Nagle (born 1943) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1987-1993) - was born and raised in Grinnell
- Bruce Braley (born 1957) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (2007-1015) - was born and raised in Grinnell
- Danai Gurira (born 1978) - actress - born in Grinnell
- Edward Benjamin Scheve (1865–1924), composer and music teacher, lived and taught in Grinnel. His grave is in Hazelwood Cemetery.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Grinnell - Mayor's Welcome. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ Grinnell College - Goodnow Hall ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ NPS - Goodnow Hall. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Rock Creek State Park. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 9, 2017
- ^ NPS - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Grinnell Passenger Station. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Grinnell Regional Airport Retrieved on January 9, 2017
- ↑ Grinnell Regional Airport. Accessed January 9, 2017
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ city-data.com - Grinnell. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ Grinnell College - About us. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Josiah Bushnell Grinnell.Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Find a Grave - Josiah Bushnell Grinnell.Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Daniel W. Hamilton. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - David R. Nagle.Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Bruce Braley.Retrieved January 9, 2017
