Le Grand (Iowa)
| Le Grand | |
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 In the center of Le Grand |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1891 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Marshall County Tama County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 0 ′ N , 92 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 938 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 344.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.72 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 284 m |
| Postal code : | 50142 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-44220 |
| GNIS ID : | 458254 |
| Website : | www.legrandiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Jay Wyatt |
Le Grand is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marshall County and a small part in Tama County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Le Grand had 938 inhabitants, the number of which increased slightly to 939 by 2013.
geography
Le Grand is located in east central Iowa on the right bank of the Iowa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border with Illinois around 210 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 175 km north; Missouri's northern border is around 175 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Le Grand are 42 ° 00'25 "north latitude and 92 ° 46'32" west longitude. The metropolitan area extends over an area of 2.72 km² and is mostly in the Le Grand Township of Marshall County. A small part of the urban area extends into the east neighboring Indian Village Township of Tama County.
Meskwaki Settlement , the settlement area of the officially recognized by the US government Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa , part of the Sauk and Fox , begins 6.5 km west of the city. Other neighboring towns of Le Grand are Garwin (17.6 km northeast), Toledo (16.9 km east), Montour (6.9 km east-southeast), Tama (19 km in the same direction), Gilman (15.2 km south ), Ferguson (15.3 km southwest), Marshalltown (16.2 km west-northwest), and Green Mountain (15 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (370 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (262 km north-northeast), Waterloo (83.2 km northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois (209 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (362 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (94.1 km east), Rockford , Illinois (344 km in the same direction), Chicago , Illinois (449 km also east ), Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (124 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (215 km in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (389 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (401 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (93.6 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (316 km west-southwest), Sioux City (353 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (484 km northwest).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 30 leads in a west-east direction through the north of the urban area of Le Grand. The Iowa Highway 146 , which runs in the south-north direction, reaches its northern end point when it meets the US 30. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight line runs in a north-west-south-east direction through the south-west of the urban area of Le Grand.
With the Marshalltown Municipal Airport is located 24 km northwest a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (92 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (96 km east) and Des Moines International Airport (103 km southwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 408 | - | |
| 1910 | 338 | -17.2% | |
| 1920 | 320 | -5.3% | |
| 1930 | 382 | 19.4% | |
| 1940 | 329 | -13.9% | |
| 1950 | 393 | 19.5% | |
| 1960 | 465 | 18.3% | |
| 1970 | 565 | 21.5% | |
| 1980 | 921 | 63% | |
| 1990 | 854 | -7.3% | |
| 2000 | 883 | 3.4% | |
| 2010 | 938 | 6.2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 939 | 0.1% | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Le Grand lived 938 people in 382 households. The population density was 344.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in each of the 382 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,031 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,129. 1.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Le Grand - Meet Our Mayor and Council.Retrieved March 26, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 26, 2015
- ^ Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 26, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 26, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Marshalltown Municipal Airport Accessed on March 26, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 26, 2015
