Lenox, Iowa

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Lenox
Taylor County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lenox Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1871 (settled)
1875 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Taylor County
Adams County
Coordinates : 40 ° 53 ′  N , 94 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 53 ′  N , 94 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,407 (as of 2010)
Population density : 263.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.34 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 364 m
Postal code : 50851
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-44490
GNIS ID : 458287
Website : mferguson314.wix.com/lenox-iowa
Mayor : Karen Zabel

Lenox is a small town (with the status " City ") in Taylor County and to a lesser extent in Adams County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Lenox had 1,407 inhabitants.

geography

Lenox is located in southwest Iowa, around 140 km east of the Missouri River , which forms the border with Nebraska . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is around 25 miles from Lenox.

The geographical coordinates of Lenox are 40 ° 52'54 "north latitude and 94 ° 33'43" west longitude. The metropolitan area extends over an area of ​​5.34 km² and is mostly in the Platte Township of Taylor County. The Adams County part of the metropolitan area is part of Grant Township .

Neighboring towns to Lenox are Cromwell (16.4 miles northeast), Shannon City (17.4 miles east), Diagonal (17.3 miles east-southeast), Clearfield (10.4 miles southeast), Sharpsburg (15.5 km southwest), Corning (16.3 miles northwest) and Prescott (12.3 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (147 km northeast), Kansas City in Missouri (230 km south) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (156 km west-northwest).

traffic

The Iowa Highway 49 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through the center of Lenox. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Corning Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 28.4 km northwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (150 km northeast).

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 615 -
1890 706 14.8%
1900 1014 43.6%
1910 1274 25.6%
1920 1197 -6%
1930 1171 -2.2%
1940 1220 4.2%
1950 1171 -4%
1960 1178 0.6%
1970 1215 3.1%
1980 1338 10.1%
1990 1303 -2.6%
2000 1401 7.5%
2010 1407 0.4%
1880-2010

The city's history began in 1871 when a line of what was then the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was built here. Four years later the city was incorporated as an independent municipality.

population

According to the 2010 census , Lenox had 1,407 people in 609 households. The population density was 263.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 609 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian and 7.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 19.8 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

24 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,382  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,389. 22.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Lenox - City Council Members.Retrieved September 24, 2014
  2. ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved September 24, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed September 24, 2014
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - Corning Municipal Airport Accessed on September 24, 2014
  5. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved September 24, 2014
  6. ↑ City of Lenox - A Short History of Our Town.Retrieved September 24, 2014

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