Lamoni
| Lamoni | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 (created) 1885 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Decatur County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 37 ′ N , 93 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,324 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 260.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.91 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 343 m |
| Postal code : | 50140 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-42960 |
| GNIS ID : | 458214 |
| Website : | www.lamoni-iowa.com |
| Mayor : | Doug Foster |
Lamoni is a city (with the status " City ") and largest town of Decatur County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Lamoni had 2,324 inhabitants, the number of which decreased to 2309 by 2013.
Lamoni is home to Graceland University , which was originally founded by the Mormon community of Christ . The city was named after Lamoni, a pacifist king from the Book of Mormon .
geography
Lamoni is located in southern Iowa, around 3 km north of the border with the neighboring state of Missouri . The border with Nebraska visual Missouri River flows some 180 km to the west; about 250 km to the east, the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Lamoni are 40 ° 37'22 "north latitude and 93 ° 56'03" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 8.91 km² and does not belong to any township.
Lamoni neighbors are Grand River (26.9 km north), Decatur City (19 km north-northeast), Leon (24.7 km northeast), Davis City (11.6 km east), Plesanton (21.3 km east-southeast), Blythedale in Missouri ( 12 miles south), Eagleville (13 miles southwest), and Kellerton (12 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (134 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (314 km northeast), Iowa City (291 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (367 km in the same direction), Peoria in Illinois (399 km east), Illinois' capital Springfield (447 km east-southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (498 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (186 km south-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (234 km west-northwest) and Sioux City ( 380 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 35 , which is the shortest route from Des Moines to Kansas City here runs north-south on the eastern outskirts of Lamoni over. The US Highway 69 leads as the main road through Lamoni. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Lamoni Municipal Airport is 3.7 km east-northeast, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (120 km north).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1540 | - | |
| 1910 | 1541 | 0.1% | |
| 1920 | 1787 | 16% | |
| 1930 | 1739 | -2.7% | |
| 1940 | 1567 | -9.9% | |
| 1950 | 2196 | 40.1% | |
| 1960 | 2173 | -1 % | |
| 1970 | 2540 | 16.9% | |
| 1980 | 2705 | 6.5% | |
| 1990 | 2319 | -14.3% | |
| 2000 | 2444 | 5.4% | |
| 2010 | 2324 | -4.9% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1901 | -18.2% | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Lamoni had 2324 people in 770 households. The population density was 260.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 770 households.
The racial the population was composed of 88.6 percent white, 5.7 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian, 0.7 percent Polynesian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.5 percent of the population.
16.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 33,278 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,918. 22.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Steven V. Carter (1915-1959) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1959) - attended school in Lamoni
- David W. Hopkins (1897–1968) - Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1929–1933) - studied at Graceland Academy in Lamoni
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Lamoni - City Council.Retrieved December 21, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 21, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 21, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Lamoni Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 21, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 21, 2014