Jesup, Iowa
| Jesup | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1858 (settled) 1876 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Buchanan County Black Hawk County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 29 ′ N , 92 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,520 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 546.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.61 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 300 m |
| Postal code : | 50648 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-39585 |
| GNIS ID : | 457950 |
| Website : | www.jesupiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Dave Bishop |
Jesup is a small town (with the status " City ") in Buchanan County and a small part in Black Hawk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Jesup had 2520 inhabitants.
geography
Jesup is located in northeastern Iowa, around 6 km south of the Wapsipinicon River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 120 km east .
The geographic coordinates of Jesup are 42 ° 28'32 "north latitude and 92 ° 03'50" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 4.61 km². Most of Jesup is in Perry Township and Westburg Township of Buchanan County, while the smaller part is in Fox Township of Black Hawk County.
Jesup is located in the eastern suburb of Waterloo , the center of which is around 25.4 km to the west. Other neighboring towns of Jesup are Fairbank (12 miles north), Hazleton (28.2 km northeast), Independence (15.1 km east), Brandon (14 miles southeast), La Porte City (17 miles southwest ), Gilbertville ( 12 miles west -southwest), Evansdale (12 miles west), and Dunkerton (11 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities besides Waterloo are Rochester , Minnesota (206 km north), Dubuque at the intersection of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (123 km east), Cedar Rapids (71.3 km southeast) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (203 km east) km southwest).
traffic
US Highway 20, which has been converted into a freeway, runs about two kilometers south in a west-east direction . At the same time, Iowa State Highway 939 is the main road through Jesup. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs parallel to the IA 939 through the urban area of Jesup.
The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 34.3 km west-northwest , from where feeder flights from several airlines connect to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 569 | - | |
| 1890 | 573 | 0.7% | |
| 1900 | 690 | 20.4% | |
| 1910 | 697 | 1 % | |
| 1920 | 774 | 11% | |
| 1930 | 736 | -4.9% | |
| 1940 | 902 | 22.6% | |
| 1950 | 1158 | 28.4% | |
| 1960 | 1488 | 28.5% | |
| 1970 | 1662 | 11.7% | |
| 1980 | 2343 | 41% | |
| 1990 | 2121 | -9.5% | |
| 2000 | 2212 | 4.3% | |
| 2010 | 2520 | 13.9% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
In 1858, the site of today's city was first settled by whites with the construction of a railway line. The name of the settlement goes back to the railway manager Morris K. Jesup . The first school in Jesup was built in 1865.
After the civil war , the settlement began to develop rapidly, so that in 1876 Jesup was incorporated as an independent community.
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 2520 people in 982 households in Jesup. The population density was 546.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 982 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.3 percent African American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 56,741 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,486. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Jesup - Local Government.Retrieved October 22, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 22, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps.Retrieved October 22, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 22, 2014
- ↑ City of Jesup - History.Retrieved October 22, 2014