Kokomo (Indiana)
| Kokomo | |
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| Nickname : City of Firsts | |
 US31 by Kokomo |
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| Location in Indiana | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Indiana |
| County : | Howard County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 29 ′ N , 86 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 56,866 (as of 2012) |
| Population density : | 1,354 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 42.1 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 42.0 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 247 m |
| Postcodes : | 46901-46904 |
| Area code : | +1 765 |
| FIPS : | 18-40392 |
| GNIS ID : | 0437425 |
| Website : | www.cityofkokomo.org |
| Mayor : | Greg Goodnight |
Kokomo is a city of 56,866 residents (2012) in Indiana . It is located 197 km southeast of the city of Chicago , 80 km north of Indianapolis , 72 km away from the city of Muncie and 111 km away from Fort Wayne in its metropolitan area and belongs to Howard County .
history
Haynes-Apperson
The Haynes-Apperson Company was one of the earliest US automakers and the first in Indiana. He was based in Kokomo from 1896 to 1904.
Flood of 1913
Between March 21 and 26, 1913, Kokomo was hit by a heavy flood caused by rains.
Ku Klux Klan
In the 1920s, Indiana was the state with the largest number of members in the right-wing terrorist group Ku Klux Klan . It is estimated that at that time a third of all white Indian men were members of the clan. Kokomo went down in history as the city that hosted the largest Klan rally of all time on July 4, 1923, between 100,000 and 200,000 people attended the clan's gathering in Malfalfa Park.
1965 tornado
On April 11, 1965, Kokomo was hit by 47 tornadoes. One of the tornadoes was category F4 and killed 25 people in the area. The city suffered severe damage.
Change in the automotive supplier industry
The 1973 oil crisis caused the automotive and automotive supplier industries to decline, which also had a significant impact on Kokomo. Delco Electronics and Delphi have been cutting jobs over a long period of time. In addition to Anderson and Muncie, this also affected Kokomo. This trend continued into the 1980s when the economy recovered through diversification.
Ryan White
Kokomo made negative headlines for dealing with Ryan White , a teenager who likely contracted AIDS from contaminated blood donations . White was banned from school and had to complain back to it. At school he was exposed to abuse, insults and a lot of hostility. His mother was also insulted and shunned while shopping in town. After tires of the family's car were stabbed and stones pelted at the house, the family moved. Ryan died at the age of 18.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 47,808 |
| 1990 | 44.996 |
| 2000 | 46.113 |
| 2005 | 46.178 |
| 2012 | 56,866 |
¹ 1980 - 2000: census results; 2005: Update of the US Census Bureau
university
The University of Indiana has a branch in Kokomo, the Indiana University Kokomo .
Airport
Kokomo has the Kokomo Municipality Airport .
sons and daughters of the town
- Milton Kraus (1866–1942), politician
- Steve Kroft (* 1945), journalist and long-time correspondent for the news program 60 Minutes
- Robert S. Richardson (1902–1981), astronomer and science fiction writer
- Ryan White (1971–1990), AIDS activist
- Elmer Otis Wooton (1865-1945), botanist
Individual evidence
- ^ "The Great Flood of 1913" . In The Kokomo Tribune , March 25, 2013
- ↑ Klansmen at Terre Haute . In: Indianapolis News , June 18, 1923, p. 8. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ KKK meeting . In: Argos [Indiana] Reflector , June 28, 1923, p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ McVeigh, Rory, The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-wing Movements and National Politics (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press: c2009), pp. 1-4.
- ^ Wyn Craig Wade: The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America . Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-512357-9 , p. 216.
- ^ "Conclave in Kokomo" by Robert Coughlan, The Aspirin Age: 1919-1941, pages 105-129. ed.Isabel Leighton, Simon and Schuster, 1949
- ^ Kathleen M. Blee: Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s . University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 0-520-94292-2 , p. 138.
- ↑ April 11, 1965, Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak . In: National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office , Indianapolis, IN . Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ NOAA Remembers the Midwest's Deadly 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak . April 11, 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Kokomo's southside flattened by storm," Kokomo Morning Times , April 13, 1965 page 2.
- ^ Christopher J. Singleton: Auto industry jobs in the 1980s: a decade of transition . United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/obituaries/ryan-white-dies-of-aids-at-18-his-struggle-helped-pierce-myths.html