Hull, Iowa

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Hull
Water Tower of Hull, Iowa.JPG
Location in Iowa
Sioux County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hull Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1978 (created)
1886 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Sioux County
Coordinates : 43 ° 0 ′  N , 96 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 96 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,175 (as of 2010)
Population density : 699.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.11 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 440 m
Postal code : 51239
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-37515
GNIS ID : 457713
Website : www.cityofhull.org
Mayor : Roger Vis

Hull is a small town (with the status " City ") in Sioux County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Hull had 2,175 residents, which increased to 2,199 by 2013.

geography

Hull is in northwest Iowa. The intersection of the three states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota is located on the Big Sioux River and is 70 km northwest of Hull. After Nebraska and 90 km in direction southsouthwest.

The geographical coordinates of Hull are 42 ° 59'45 "north latitude and 96 ° 29'07" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​3.11 km² and is spread over the Buncombe and Logan Township .

Neighboring towns to Hull are George (18 miles northeast), Boyden (7 miles east), Orange City (16 miles southeast), Sioux Center (9 miles southwest), Rock Valley (9 miles west northwest) ) and Doon (18.1 km northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (361 km northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (374 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (249 km south), Sioux City (87.4 km southwest ) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (83 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 18 runs in a west-east direction as the most important traffic axis through the urban area of ​​Hull. US Highway  75 runs two kilometers west of the urban area in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Sioux Center Municipal Airport is located 11 km south-southwest, a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airports are the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (101 km south-southwest) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (89 km north-west).

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 566 -
1900 626 10.6%
1910 658 5.1%
1920 791 20.2%
1930 905 14.4%
1940 1072 18.5%
1950 1127 5.1%
1960 1289 14.4%
1970 1523 18.2%
1980 1714 12.5%
1990 1724 0.6%
2000 1960 13.7%
2010 2175 11%
2013 estimate 2199 1.1%
1890-2000 2010-2013

The current location was founded in 1878 as Pattersonville . Later the name was changed to Winland . In 1886 the settlement was incorporated as an independent municipality. In 1887 the name was changed to the present name after a petition from the residents after the politician John A. T. Hull .

population

According to the 2010 census , Hull had 2,175 people in 741 households. The population density was 699.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.85 people lived in each of the 741 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 5.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.1 percent of the population.

30.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population were female.

In 2013, that was mean annual income for a household at 54,125  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,125. 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Hull - City Council / Mayor ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 24, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cityofhull.org
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 24, 2015
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 24, 2015
  4. AirNav.com - Sioux Center Municipal Airport Accessed on April 24, 2015
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved April 24, 2015
  6. ^ Tom Savage: A dictionary of Iowa place-names.Retrieved April 24, 2015

Web links

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