Lake Park, Iowa
| Lake Park | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1882 (created) 1892 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 27 ′ N , 95 ° 19 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,105 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 265 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.17 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 455 m |
| Postal code : | 51347 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-42600 |
| GNIS ID : | 458193 |
| Website : | lakeparkia.com |
| Mayor : | Matt Carstensen |
Lake Park is a city (with the status " City ") in Dickinson County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Lake Park had 1,105 residents, which increased to 1,137 by 2013.
geography
Lake Park is located in the west of the Iowa Great Lakes region in northwest Iowa. The city is located on Silver Lake , which is traversed by the West Branch Little Sioux River and belongs to the Missouri river basin via the Little Sioux River . The Minnesota state line is 4 km north of the city; the Iowa border with South Dakota , formed by the Big Sioux River , runs 107 km to the west.
The geographical coordinates of Lake Park are 43 ° 27'20 "north latitude and 95 ° 19'15" west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.17 km² and is the only village within the Silver Lake Township .
Neighboring towns to Lake Park are Jackson , Minnesota (17 miles northeast), Spirit Lake (12 miles east-southeast), Wahpeton (13 miles southwest), Harris (7 miles west), and Round Lake , Minnesota (21.4 miles southwest) km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (296 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (280 km east northeast), Waterloo (340 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (443 km in the same direction), Iowas Capital Des Moines (338 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (285 km south-southwest), Sioux City (163 km southwest) and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (123 km west).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 9 runs along the southern border of Lake Park. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Spirit Lake Municipal Airport is 24 km east-southeast a small airfield.
The nearest commercial airports are Sioux Falls Regional Airport (143 km west), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (176 km south-west), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (282 km south-south-west), Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (293 km north-east) ) and Des Moines International Airport (344 km southeast).
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 541 | - | |
| 1910 | 552 | 2% | |
| 1920 | 789 | 42.9% | |
| 1930 | 708 | -10.3% | |
| 1940 | 828 | 16.9% | |
| 1950 | 924 | 11.6% | |
| 1960 | 952 | 3% | |
| 1970 | 918 | -3.6% | |
| 1980 | 1123 | 22.3% | |
| 1990 | 996 | -11.3% | |
| 2000 | 1023 | 2.7% | |
| 2010 | 1105 | 8th % | |
| 2013 estimate | 1137 | 2.9% | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
In 1868 the area of today's city was first permanently settled by whites. The first post office in what was then known as Austin was opened in 1872. Starting in 1882, with the connection to the railroad network, the city's planned system began, which was renamed Lake Park in the same year . In 1892 the settlement was incorporated as an independent municipality and with John Buffum the first mayor ( Mayor ) was elected.
population
As of the 2010 census , Lake Park had 1,105 people in 486 households. The population density was 265 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 486 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white and 0.5 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.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 53,646 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,475. 2.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Lake Park - City Hall. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 4, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 4, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Spirit Lake Municipal Airport Retrieved on January 4, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 4, 2015
- ↑ City of Lake Park - History.Retrieved January 4, 2015