Kimballton

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Kimballton
Audubon County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Kimballton Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1883 (settled)
1908 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Audubon County
Coordinates : 41 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 322 (as of 2010)
Population density : 161.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.99 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 395 m
Postal code : 51543
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-41295
GNIS ID : 458078
Mayor : Randy Poldberg

Kimballton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Audubon County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Kimballton had 322 residents.

geography

Kimballton is located in west central Iowa on Indian Creek , which is part of the Missouri River basin over the East Nishnabotna River and the Nishnabotna River . This forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska , around 90 km west of Kimballton . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is around 130 km away.

The geographical coordinates of Kimballton are 41 ° 37'43 "north latitude and 95 ° 04'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.99 km² and is located in the Sharon Township .

Neighboring towns of Kimballton are Audubon (20.3 km northeast), Hamlin (16.2 km east-northeast), Exira (21.1 km east-southeast), Brayton (21.1 km southeast), Elk Horn (4.9 km south), Walnut (29.6 km southwest), Harlan (14.2 km west), and Irwin (29 km northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (531 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (310 km east-northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (136 km east), Kansas City , Missouri (317 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (114 km southwest), Sioux City (178 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (314 km in the same direction).

traffic

The Iowa Highway  44 leading west to east direction as the main road through Kimballton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Audubon County Airport there is a small airfield 20 km northeast of Kimballton. The nearest commercial airports are Eppley Airfield in Omaha (115 km southwest) and Des Moines International Airport (146 km east).

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 271 -
1920 382 41%
1930 378 -1 %
1940 349 -7.7%
1950 428 22.6%
1960 380 -11.2%
1970 343 -9.7%
1980 362 5.5%
1990 289 -20.2%
2000 342 18.3%
2010 322 -5.8%
1910-2000 2010

Danish immigrants settled here in 1883. In the same year a post office was set up. The connection to the railway network took place in 1907. A year later, the settlement was incorporated as an independent municipality.

population

According to the 2010 census , Kimballton had 322 people in 145 households. The population density was 161.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 145 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.3 percent (one person) Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 35,357  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,133. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Audubon County - City of Kimballton.Retrieved October 14, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 14, 2014
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - Audubon County Airport Accessed on October 14, 2014
  5. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved October 14, 2014
  6. ^ History of Kimballton, Audubon County, IA. Retrieved October 14, 2014

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