Lynnville, Iowa

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Lynnville
Jasper County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lynnville Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1856
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Jasper County
Coordinates : 41 ° 35 ′  N , 92 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′  N , 92 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
379 (status: 2010)
599,789 (status: 2013)
Population density : 132.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.87 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 252 m
Postal code : 50153
Area code : +1 641
FIPS : 19-47595
GNIS ID : 458694
Website : lynnvilleiowa.com
Mayor : Roy James

Lynnville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Jasper County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Lynnville had 379 residents, the number increased slightly to 380 by 2013.

Lynnville is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's capital Des Moines .

geography

Lynnville is located in southeast central Iowa, in the eastern suburbs of Des Moines. The city lies on the northern Skunk River . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs around 130 km south of Lynnville , the border with Illinois is formed around 160 km east of the Mississippi , while the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska around 300 km west .

The geographical coordinates of Lynnville are 41 ° 34'39 "north latitude and 92 ° 47'01" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.87 km² and is the second largest town within the Lynn Grove Township .

Neighboring towns to Lynnville are Grinnell (14 miles northeast), Searsboro (8.2 miles east), Montezuma (14 miles in the same direction), New Sharon (14 miles southeast), Pella (17 miles southwest), Sully (5.5 km west), Reasnor (21.2 km in the same direction), Killduff (12 km west-northwest), and Kellogg (25 km northwest).

Des Moines city center is 72 km to the west. The nearest other major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (419 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (314 km northeast), Waterloo (134 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (132 km east northeast), Iowas former Capital Iowa City (113 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (205 km in the same direction), Chicago in Illinois (473 km also east), Peoria in Illinois (363 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (421 km southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (493 km southeast), Columbia in Missouri (334 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (383 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (311 km west-southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (390 km in the same direction), Sioux City (378 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (535 km northwest).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest route from Des Moines to Iowa City here runs km in east-west direction 13 north of Lynnville over. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Grinnell Regional Airport there is a small airfield 19 km north-northeast. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 87 km to the west .

Rail transport

Lynnville was connected to the rail network by a four kilometer long railway line (Lynnville Branch). The branch line branched off from the New Sharon – Newton (Newton Branch) railway . These rail lines were completed on November 1, 1882 by the Chicago, Burlington and Pacific Railroad . The railroad lines were shut down in 1962, now owned by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 296 -
1890 261 -11.8%
1900 347 33%
1910 370 6.6%
1920 461 24.6%
1930 426 -7.6%
1940 427 0.2%
1950 406 -4.9%
1960 411 1.2%
1970 381 -7.3%
1980 406 6.6%
1990 393 -3.2%
2000 366 -6.9%
2010 379 3.6%
2013 estimate 380 0.3%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

As of the 2010 census , Lynnville had 379 people in 163 households. The population density was 132.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in each of the 163 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted entirely of whites. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.8 percent (three people) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 62,857  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,289. 4.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Business Record - Metro population Expands West - Census Bureau Retrieved on March 4, 2015
  2. ^ City Council. Lynnville, accessed August 13, 2017 .
  3. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 4, 2015
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 4, 2015
  5. AirNav.com - Grinnell Regional Airport Retrieved on March 4, 2015
  6. ^ Donovan L. Hofsommer: The hook & eye: a history of the Iowa Central Railway , University of Minnesota Press, 2005 p. 56
  7. Trains 4/1986 p. 36
  8. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 4, 2015

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