Low Moor, Iowa

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Low moor
Clinton County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Low Moor Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1858
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Clinton County
Coordinates : 41 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 288 (as of 2010)
Population density : 240 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.2 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 198 m
Postal code : 52757
Area code : +1 563
FIPS : 19-47010
GNIS ID : 458650

Low Moor is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Low Moor had 288 inhabitants.

geography

Low Moor is located in southeast Clinton County at 41 ° 48'06 "north latitude and 90 ° 21'17" west longitude and extends over 1.2 km ². The place is about 5 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border is 100 km north. Low Moor is the only independent parish in Eden Township .

Neighboring towns to Low Moor are Clinton (17.4 km east-northeast), Camanche (9 km east), Folletts (5.9 km south), DeWitt (19.1 km west), and Elvira (6.6 km north).

The closest major cities are Dubuque (102 km north), Rockford , Illinois (155 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities (46.9 km southwest), and Cedar Rapids (123 km west-northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 30 leading west to east direction at a distance of about one kilometer of Low Moor over. Only subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city roads lead through the urban area.

A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to Highway 30 through Low Moor .

The nearest airfield is Clinton Municipal Airport , 4.9 km northeast ; the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 35 miles southeast .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 318 -
1910 253 -20.4%
1920 277 9.5%
1930 271 -2.2%
1940 252 -7%
1950 279 10.7%
1960 343 22.9%
1970 347 1.2%
1980 346 -0.3%
1990 280 -19.1%
2000 240 -14.3%
2010 288 20%
1900-2000 2010

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Low Moor had 288 people in 117 households. The population density was 240 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in the 117 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white and 0.7 percent African American; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.3 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 46.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 48,333  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,696. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 15, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 15, 2012
  3. ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 15, 2012

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