Harlan, Iowa
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![In the center of Harlan, listed as Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District in the NRHP since 1994 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Harlan_iowa.jpg) In the center of Harlan, as Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District since 1994 in the NRHP listed |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1858 (created) 1879 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Shelby County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 39 ′ N , 95 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,106 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 449.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 11.37 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 382 m |
| Postal code : | 51537 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-34500 |
| GNIS ID : | 457259 |
| Website : | www.cityofharlan.com |
| Mayor : | Gene Gettys |
 The Shelby County Courthouse in Harlan, listed on the NRHP since 1978 |
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Harlan is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Shelby County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Harlan had 5,106 inhabitants, the number of which increased slightly to 5,013 by 2013.
geography
Harlan is located in western Iowa on the West Nishnabotna River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Nishnabotna River and the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Harlan are 41 ° 39'11 "north latitude and 95 ° 19'32" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 11.37 km² and does not belong to any township .
Neighboring towns to Harlan are Defiance (13 miles north), Kirkman ( 9 miles northeast), Red Line (20.5 miles east-northeast), Jacksonville (9.9 miles east), Walnut (28 miles southeast), Avoca ( 21 km south), Shelby ( 15.4 km south -southwest), Tennant (15.4 km southwest), Portsmouth (17.4 km west), Westphalia (12.8 km northwest), Earling (21.5 km in the same Direction).
The closest major cities are Sioux City (154 km northwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (166 km east), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (93.7 km southwest), and Nebraska's capital Lincoln (174 km in the same direction).
traffic
US Highway 59 , which runs in a north-south direction, runs through the west of the urban area of Harlan and crosses Iowa Highway 44 at the level of downtown . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
By Harlan Municipal Airport is located 9.6 km south of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Eppley Airfield in Omaha (95 km southwest).
history
Harlan was laid out according to plan in 1858. The place was named after James Harlan , a former US Senator and US Secretary of the Interior . In 1859, Harlan was established as the administrative seat of Shelby County. The city was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1879.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 47 | - | |
| 1870 | 128 | 172.3% | |
| 1880 | 1304 | 918.8% | |
| 1890 | 1765 | 35.4% | |
| 1900 | 2422 | 37.2% | |
| 1910 | 2570 | 6.1% | |
| 1920 | 2831 | 10.2% | |
| 1930 | 3145 | 11.1% | |
| 1940 | 3727 | 18.5% | |
| 1950 | 3915 | 5% | |
| 1960 | 4350 | 11.1% | |
| 1970 | 5049 | 16.1% | |
| 1980 | 5357 | 6.1% | |
| 1990 | 5148 | -3.9% | |
| 2000 | 5282 | 2.6% | |
| 2010 | 5106 | -3.3% | |
| 2014 estimate | 5013 | -1.8% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2014 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Harlan had 5,106 people in 2,222 households. The population density was 449.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 2222 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population were female.
In 2013, that was mean annual income for a household was 43,047 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,117. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Nelson G. Kraschel (1889–1957) - 27th Governor of Iowa (1937–1939) - lived in Harlan for his final years
- Ronald Burke (1944–2002) - Roman Catholic theologian - born in Harlan
- Kij Johnson (* 1961) - writer - born in Harlan
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 94001099.Retrieved June 10, 2015
- ↑ City of Harlan - Harlan City Council ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 10, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001258.Retrieved June 10, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 10, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 10, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Harlan Municipal Airport Accessed on June 10, 2015
- ^ White, Edward Speer: Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1 . BF Bowen, 1915, p. 226.
- ^ Gannett, Henry: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off., 1905, p. 149.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company: A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways 1908, p. 81.
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved June 10, 2015
