Lewis (Iowa)

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Lewis
Cass County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lewis Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 0000 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Cass County
Coordinates : 41 ° 18 ′  N , 95 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′  N , 95 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 433 (as of 2010)
Population density : 335.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.29 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 360 m
Postal code : 51544
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-44805
GNIS ID : 458300
Website : cityoflewis.com
Mayor : Don Cohrs
Nishnabotna Ferry House 2012-09-25 23-31-13.jpg
The Nishnabotna Ferry House , built in 1857, listed in the NRHP since 2001

Lewis is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Cass County in the US state of Iowa . In 2010 Lewis had 433 residents, the number of which had decreased to 420 by 2013.

geography

Lewis is located in southwest Iowa on the east bank of the East Nishnabotna River , which is part of the Missouri River basin over the Nishnabotna River .

The geographic coordinates of Lewis are 41 ° 18'21 "north latitude and 95 ° 05'00" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.29 km² and is the largest town within the Cass Township .

Lewis's neighbors are Atlantic (8.5 miles northeast), Wiota (15 miles northeast), Cumberland (13.2 miles east-southeast), Grant (15.4 miles southeast), Griswold (7.5 miles southwest), and Oakland (27 , 9 km west).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (536 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (482 km northeast), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (145 km east northeast), Cedar Rapids (330 km in the same direction ), Kansas City in Missouri (283 km south), Council Bluffs (70.9 km west), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (86.2 km in the same direction), Sioux City (220 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (357 km in the same direction).

traffic

US Highway 6 , coming from the northeast , passes the city a few hundred meters north and crosses the East Nishnabotna River in a westerly direction. Another bridge crosses the river from the western edge of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Atlantic Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 14 km to the northeast. The nearest commercial airport is Eppley Airfield in Omaha (88 km to the west).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 400 -
1880 550 37.5%
1890 579 5.3%
1900 613 5.9%
1910 603 -1.6%
1920 607 0.7%
1930 589 -3%
1940 557 -5.4%
1950 511 -8.3%
1960 501 -2%
1970 526 5%
1980 497 -5.5%
1990 433 -12.9%
2000 438 1.2%
2010 433 -1.1%
2013 estimate 420 -3%
1870-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Lewis had 433 people in 183 households. The population density was 335.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 183 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 1.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,292  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,295. 23.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Lewis.Retrieved December 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 00001676.Retrieved December 1, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 1, 2014
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 1, 2014
  5. ↑ AirNav.com - Atlantic Municipal Airport Accessed on December 1, 2014
  6. ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 1, 2014

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