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| Foundation : | 1881 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Ringgold County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 43 ′ N , 94 ° 3 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 312 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 179.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.74 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 367 m |
| Postal code : | 50133 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-40350 |
| GNIS ID : | 458029 |
Kellerton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Ringgold County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Kellerton had 315 inhabitants, the number of which decreased slightly to 312 by 2015.
geography
Kellerton is located in southwest Iowa and around 10 km north of the border with the neighboring state of Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Kellerton are 40 ° 42'39 "north latitude and 94 ° 03'00" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 1.74 km² and is the largest town within the Athens Township .
Neighboring towns to Kellerton are Beaconsfield (8 miles north), Grand River (12 miles northeast), Decatur City (12 miles east), Lamoni (12 miles southeast), Hatfield in Missouri (18 miles southwest) , Mount Ayr (10.1 miles west), Tingley (28.4 km northwest), and Ellston (12.6 miles north-northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (131 km northeast), Kansas City , Missouri (204 km southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (251 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (218 km west northwest).
traffic
About 10 km east of Kellerton runs north-south on Interstate Highway 35 , which is the shortest connection from Des Moines to Kansas City. The Iowa Highway 2 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through the urban area of Kellerton. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
With the Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport is located 8 miles west of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (124 km north-northeast), Kansas City International Airport (211 km south-southwest) and Eppley Airfield in Omaha (217 km west-northwest).
history
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 169 | - | |
| 1890 | 277 | 63.9% | |
| 1900 | 458 | 65.3% | |
| 1910 | 503 | 9.8% | |
| 1920 | 693 | 37.8% | |
| 1930 | 540 | -22.1% | |
| 1940 | 563 | 4.3% | |
| 1950 | 483 | -14.2% | |
| 1960 | 341 | -29.4% | |
| 1970 | 299 | -12.3% | |
| 1980 | 278 | -7% | |
| 1990 | 314 | 12.9% | |
| 2000 | 372 | 18.5% | |
| 2010 | 315 | -15.3% | |
| 2015 estimate | 312 | -1 % | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
Kellerton was the first town in Ringgold County to be created when a railroad was built. The first passenger train reached Kellerton in 1879. The place was named after the judge Isaac W. Keller (1828-1923), who settled in 1855 coming from Ohio in Ringgold County. In 1881, Kellerton was incorporated as an independent municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Kellerton had 315 people in 126 households. The population density was 179.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 126 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white, 1.0 percent Native American and 1.6 from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 39,038 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,623. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 8, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 8, 2016
- ^ Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport. Retrieved December 8, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved December 8, 2016
- ↑ Iowa GenWeb Project - History of Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa Accessed on December 8, 2016