Kellogg, Iowa

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Lynnville
In the center of Kellogg
In the center of Kellogg
Location in Iowa
Jasper County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Kellogg Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1865 (created)
1874 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Jasper County
Coordinates : 41 ° 43 ′  N , 92 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′  N , 92 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
599 (status: 2010)
599,789 (status: 2013)
Population density : 624 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.96 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 272 m
Postal code : 50135
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-40440
GNIS ID : 458031
Kelloggiowapostoffice.jpg
Post office in Kellogg

Kellogg is a small town (with the status " City ") in Jasper County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Kellogg had 599 residents, which decreased to 591 by 2013.

Kellogg is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .

geography

Kellogg is located in the southeastern center of Iowa, in the eastern suburbs of Des Moines. The city lies on the northern Skunk River . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs around 140 km south of Kellogg , the border with Illinois is formed around 180 km east of the Mississippi , while the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska around 280 km west .

The geographical coordinates of Kellogg are 41 ° 43'05 "north latitude and 92 ° 54'27" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​0.96 km² and is the largest town within the Kellogg Township .

Neighboring towns of Kellogg are Laurel (20.7 km north), Gilman (17.8 km northeast), Oakland Acres (9.4 km east), Grinnell (18.8 km in the same direction), Lynnville (25 km southeast) , Sully (20.2 km southeast), Killduff (13 km south), Reasnor (15.1 km southwest), and Newton (15.1 km west).

Des Moines city center is 71 km to the west. The closest other major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (432 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (299 km northeast), Waterloo (129 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (134 km east northeast), Iowas earlier Capital Iowa City (121 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (205 km in the same direction), Chicago in Illinois (473 km also east), Peoria in Illinois (363 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (444 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (519 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (360 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (381 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (293 km west-southwest), Nebraska's capital, Lincoln (372 km in the same direction), Sioux City (360 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (504 km northwest).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest route from Des Moines to Iowa City here runs km in east-west direction south of Kellogg 4 over. US Highway  6 runs parallel to this along the southern outskirts of the city . The Iowa Highway  224 runs north-south as the main road through central Kellogg. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

One of the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) from Des Moines to Mississippi runs in a northwest-southeast direction through the Kellogg metropolitan area.

With the Newton Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 15 to the west-southwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 50 miles in the same direction .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 772 -
1890 700 -9.3%
1900 653 -6.7%
1910 610 -6.6%
1920 603 -1.1%
1930 580 -3.8%
1940 648 11.7%
1950 670 3.4%
1960 623 -7%
1970 607 -2.6%
1980 654 7.7%
1990 626 -4.3%
2000 606 -3.2%
2010 599 -1.2%
2013 estimate 591 -1.3%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Kellogg had 599 people in 261 households. The population density was 624 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 261 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,417  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,084. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Accessed on March 5, 2015
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 5, 2015
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 5, 2015
  4. AirNav.com - Newton Municipal Airport Accessed on March 5, 2015
  5. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 5, 2015

Web links

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