Hinton, Iowa

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Hinton
Plymouth County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hinton Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1883 (created)
1908 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Plymouth County
Coordinates : 42 ° 38 ′  N , 96 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 96 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
955 (as of 2016)
168,921 (as of 2012)
Population density : 533.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.79 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 384 m
Postal code : 51024
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-36480
GNIS ID : 457521
Website : www.hintoniowa.com
Mayor : Gary Fischer

Hinton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Plymouth County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Hinton had 928 residents, the number that increased to 955 by 2016.

Hinton is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area , which also extends across state lines into Nebraska and South Dakota .

geography

Hinton is located in northwest Iowa on the Floyd River , which over the Missouri belongs to the Mississippi basin.

The intersections of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota and the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are 119 km northwest and 26 km southwest of Hinton.

The geographical coordinates of Hinton are 42 ° 37 '40 "north latitude and 96 ° 17' 30" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.79 km² and is the largest town within Hungerford Township .

Neighboring towns of Hinton are Merrill (11.3 km north-northeast), Neptune (15.3 km east-northeast), Lawton (25.2 km south-southeast), Sioux City (17.9 km south-southwest), North Sioux City in South Dakota (26, 7 km southwest), Jefferson , South Dakota, 27.5 km west, and Adaville, 14.4 km northwest.

The nearest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (418 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (420 km east northeast), Cedar Rapids (434 km east southeast), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (339 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (467 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (180 km south), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (146 km northwest).

traffic

US Highway 75 , which runs along the Floyd River, runs north-northeast to south-southwest through the urban area of ​​Hinton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad runs parallel to US 75 and the Floyd River through Hinton, which is used for freight traffic.

The Le Mars Municipal Airport is a small aerodrome for general aviation located 20 km to the north-northeast . The nearest commercial airport is the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (30 km south-southwest).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 329 -
1920 263 -20.1%
1930 289 9.9%
1940 340 17.6%
1950 345 1.5%
1960 403 16.8%
1970 488 21.1%
1980 659 35%
1990 697 5.8%
2000 808 15.9%
2010 928 14.9%
2016 estimate 955 2.9%
1910-2000 2010-2016

population

According to the 2010 census , Hinton had 928 people in 363 households. The population density was 518.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 363 households.

Racially, the population was 98.8 percent white. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

26.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 64,091  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,719. 6.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Hinton - City Council. Retrieved September 22, 2017
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 22, 2017
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 22, 2017
  4. AirNav.com - Le Mars Municipal Airport Accessed on September 22, 2017
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved September 22, 2017

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