La Porte City
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![The former train station, which today serves as the town hall of La Porte City, has been listed in the NRHP since 1979 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:LaPorteCityIA_CityStation.jpg) , The former train station, which today serves as the Town Hall of La Porte City since 1979 NRHP listed |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Black Hawk County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 19 ′ N , 92 ° 12 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
2,285 (status: 2010) 167,819 (status: 2010) |
| Population density : | 336.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.79 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 253 m |
| Postal code : | 50651 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-43365 |
| GNIS ID : | 458156 |
| Website : | lpcia.com |
| Mayor : | David Neil |
 The Clement B. Gingrich House in La Porte City, listed in the NRHP since 1996 |
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La Porte City is a small town (with the status " City ") in Black Hawk County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 La Porte City had 2,285 inhabitants.
La Porte City is part of the Waterloo - Cedar Falls metropolitan area .
geography
La Porte City is located in northeast Iowa on both sides of Wolf Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Cedar River and the Iowa River .
The geographical coordinates of La Porte City are 42 ° 18'54 "north latitude and 92 ° 11'32" west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.79 km² and is entirely located in Big Creek Township .
La Porte City is located in the southeastern suburb of Waterloo , the center of which is 15 miles away. Other neighboring towns are Gilbertville (15.3 km north), Brandon (19.1 km east), Mount Auburn (12.6 km southeast), Garrison (23.7 km south-southeast), Dysart (24.9 km southwest) , Hudson (27.2 km northwest) and Evansdale (14.7 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities besides Waterloo are Rochester , Minnesota (205 km north), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (145 km east), Cedar Rapids (70.7 km southeast) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (175 km east) km southwest).
traffic
The US Highway 218 leads north-south direction as the main road through La Porte City. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Iowa Northern Railway (IANR) railroad runs along the Cedar River through the urban area of La Porte City.
The nearest airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 32.7 km to the northwest , from where feeder flights from several airlines connect to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1006 | - | |
| 1890 | 1052 | 4.6% | |
| 1900 | 1419 | 34.9% | |
| 1910 | 1233 | -13.1% | |
| 1920 | 1443 | 17% | |
| 1930 | 1470 | 1.9% | |
| 1940 | 1594 | 8.4% | |
| 1950 | 1770 | 11% | |
| 1960 | 1953 | 10.3% | |
| 1970 | 2256 | 15.5% | |
| 1980 | 2324 | 3% | |
| 1990 | 2128 | -8.4% | |
| 2000 | 2275 | 6.9% | |
| 2010 | 2285 | 0.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , La Porte City had 2,285 people in 915 households. The population density was 336.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 915 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,530 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,776. 6.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931) - Democratic MP for the US House of Representatives (1891–1893) - worked for several years as a teacher in La Porte City
- Peg Mullen (1917–2009) - writer - born and raised in La Porte City
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79003781.Retrieved October 23, 2014
- ↑ City of La Porte City - Mayor & City Council ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 96001371.Retrieved October 23, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 23, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 23, 2014
