Guthrie Center
| Guthrie Center | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1880 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Guthrie County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 41 ′ N , 94 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,569 (as of 2010) 599,789 (as of 2013) |
| Population density : | 245.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.4 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 337 m |
| Postal code : | 50115 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-33420 |
| GNIS ID : | 457185 |
| Website : | www.guthriecenter.com |
| Mayor : | Dennis Kunkle |
Guthrie Center is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Guthrie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Guthrie Center had 1,569 residents, which decreased to 1,526 by 2013.
Guthrie Center is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .
geography
Guthrie Center is located in the southwestern Iowa Center on South Raccoon River , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.
The geographic coordinates of Guthrie Center are 41 ° 40'38 "north latitude and 94 ° 30'12" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.4 km² and is spread over the Valley , the Baker and the Victory Township .
Neighboring towns to Guthrie Center are Bagley (25 km northeast), Yale (22.7 km northeast), Panora (12.1 km east), Menlo (25.3 km southeast), Casey (13.2 km south) and Bayard ( 25.2 km north-northwest).
The center of Des Moines is 86 km to the east. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (463 km north-northeast), Cedar Rapids (257 km east-northeast), Kansas City in Missouri (326 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (162 km west-southwest), Sioux City (223 km northwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (361 km in the same direction).
traffic
In downtown Guthrie Center, Iowa State Hwy 25 and 44 intersect . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Guthrie County Regional Airport is 4.4 km to the east, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (93 km east-southeast).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 571 | - | |
| 1890 | 1037 | 81.6% | |
| 1900 | 1193 | 15% | |
| 1910 | 1337 | 12.1% | |
| 1920 | 1727 | 29.2% | |
| 1930 | 1813 | 5% | |
| 1940 | 2066 | 14% | |
| 1950 | 2042 | -1.2% | |
| 1960 | 2071 | 1.4% | |
| 1970 | 1834 | -11.4% | |
| 1980 | 1713 | -6.6% | |
| 1990 | 1614 | -5.8% | |
| 2000 | 1668 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 1569 | -5.9% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1526 | -2.7% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census, the Guthrie Center had 1,569 people in 677 households. The population density was 245.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 677 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.1 percent (two people) African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 2.2 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.7 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,643 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,072. 13.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Earl W. Vincent (1886–1953) - Republican MP for the US House of Representatives (1928–1929) - lived most of the time in Guthrie Center and is buried here
Individual evidence
- ↑ BusinessRecord: Metro population expands west - Census Bureau.Retrieved November 13, 2014
- ↑ City of Guthry Center - City Council / Mayor.Retrieved November 13, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 13, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Guthrie County Regional Airport Accessed on November 13, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 13, 2014