Melbourne (Iowa)
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1882 (created) 1895 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Marshall County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 56 ′ N , 93 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 830 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 560.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.48 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 318 m |
| Postal code : | 50162 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-50880 |
| GNIS ID : | 458951 |
| Website : | www.melbourneiowa.com |
| Mayor : | John White |
 Melbourne City Hall and Fire Station |
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Melbourne is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marshall County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Melbourne had 830 residents, which decreased to 822 by 2013.
geography
Melbourne is located in the eastern center of Iowa. The Mississippi forms the border with Illinois around 250 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs some 200 km north; Missouri's northern border is 160 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Melbourne are 41 ° 56'29 "north latitude and 93 ° 06'12" west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.48 km² and is the largest town within the Logan Township .
Melbourne's neighbors are Albion (23.8 km north-northeast), Marshalltown (14.6 km northeast), Ferguson (14.7 km east), Laurel (13.3 km east-southeast), Baxter (17.9 km south-southwest), Rhodes (7.9 km west-southwest), Colo (16.3 km west-northwest), and State Center (13.8 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (391 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (286 km north-northeast), Waterloo (114 km northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (253 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (399 km in the same direction), Cedar Rapids (126 km east), Rockford , Illinois (375 km in the same direction), Chicago , Illinois (483 km also east), Iowa's earlier Capital Iowa City (163 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (150 miles in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (409 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (369 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (62 , 2 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (285 km west-southwest), Sioux City (333 km west-northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (470 km northwest).
traffic
The four-lane Iowa Highway 330 runs along the northwestern city limits of Melbourne. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Marshalltown Municipal Airport is located 30 km north-east a small airfield for general aviation and air taxi traffic . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (72 km southwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 366 | - | |
| 1910 | 423 | 15.6% | |
| 1920 | 481 | 13.7% | |
| 1930 | 426 | -11.4% | |
| 1940 | 480 | 12.7% | |
| 1950 | 510 | 6.3% | |
| 1960 | 517 | 1.4% | |
| 1970 | 661 | 27.9% | |
| 1980 | 732 | 10.7% | |
| 1990 | 669 | -8.6% | |
| 2000 | 794 | 18.7% | |
| 2010 | 830 | 4.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 822 | -1 % | |
| 1900-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
As of the 2010 census , Melbourne had 830 people in 322 households. The population density was 560.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 322 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white and 0.4 percent African American; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 45,735 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,140. 6.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Melbourne - City Offices.Retrieved April 1, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 1, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 1, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Marshalltown Municipal Airport Accessed on April 1, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved April 1, 2015
