Manchester (Iowa)
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![The Delaware County Courthouse in Manchester, built in 1894, listed in the NRHP since 1981 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Delaware_County_Courthouse.jpg) The Delaware County Courthouse in Manchester, built in 1894, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1850 (created) 1864 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Delaware County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 29 ′ N , 91 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,179 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 425.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.17 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 286 m |
| Postal code : | 52057 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-48810 |
| GNIS ID : | 458752 |
| Website : | www.manchester-ia.org |
| Mayor : | Milt L. Kramer |
Manchester is the largest town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Delaware County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Manchester had 5,179 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 5,113 by 2013.
geography
Manchester is located in northeast Iowa on the Maquoketa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 70 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Manchester are 42 ° 29'03 "north latitude and 91 ° 27'20" west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.17 km² and is the capital of the Delaware Township . A small part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Milo Township to the south .
Neighboring towns of Manchester are Edgewood (13.2 miles north-northeast), Greeley (19.3 km northeast), Delaware (10.6 km east), Earlville (16 km in the same direction), Delhi (15.7 km southeast), Ryan (16.9 km south), Masonville (11.5 km west), Winthrop (15.4 km in the same direction), and Dundee (15.4 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse in Wisconsin (181 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (218 km east-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (71.9 km east), Rockford in Illinois (219 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (163 km southeast), Iowa City (106 km south), Cedar Rapids (69.8 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (252 km west-southwest), Waterloo (78, 5 km west) and Rochester , Minnesota (238 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 20 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a west-east direction along the southern outskirts of Manchester. The Iowa State Highway 13 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through Manchester. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two freight lines for the Canadian National Railway (CN) meet in Manchester .
With the Manchester Municipal Airport the city is located 3.8 kilometers west a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (74.1 km east) and Waterloo Regional Airport (87.5 km west).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1492 | - | |
| 1880 | 2275 | 52.5% | |
| 1890 | 2344 | 3% | |
| 1900 | 2887 | 23.2% | |
| 1910 | 2758 | -4.5% | |
| 1920 | 3111 | 12.8% | |
| 1930 | 3413 | 9.7% | |
| 1940 | 3762 | 10.2% | |
| 1950 | 3987 | 6% | |
| 1960 | 4402 | 10.4% | |
| 1970 | 4641 | 5.4% | |
| 1980 | 4942 | 6.5% | |
| 1990 | 5137 | 3.9% | |
| 2000 | 5257 | 2.3% | |
| 2010 | 5179 | -1.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 5113 | -1.3% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Manchester had 5,179 people in 2,199 households. The population density was 425.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in 2199 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 45,451 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,822. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Clarence Don Clark (1851–1930) - Republican MP in both houses of the US Congress - practiced as a lawyer in Manchester for several years
- Dorothy Hennessey (1913–2008) - Catholic religious and peace activist - was born and raised in Manchester
- William W. McCredie (1862-1935) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1909-1911) - grew up in Manchester
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000234.Retrieved December 23, 2014
- ↑ City of Manchester - City Council & Mayor ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 23, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 23, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Manchester Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 23, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved December 23, 2014
