Middletown, Iowa
| Middletown | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1834 (settled) 1914 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Des Moines County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 50 ′ N , 91 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 318 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 201.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.58 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 222 m |
| Postal code : | 52638 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-51735 |
| GNIS ID : | 459064 |
| Website : | middletowniowa.com |
Middletown is a small town (with the status " City ") in Des Moines County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Middletown had 318 residents, which increased to 339 by 2013.
geography
Middletown is located in southeast Iowa, around 15 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Middletown are 40 ° 49'42 "north latitude and 91 ° 15'33" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.58 km² and does not belong to any township.
Neighboring towns to Middletown are Beaverdale (on the northern city limits), West Burlington (9 km east), Burlington (14.5 km in the same direction), Wever (15.2 km south), and Danville (6.6 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Dubuque on the Mississippi junction of the states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin (232 km northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (130 km northeast), Illinois' largest city Chicago (379 km east-northeast), Peoria in Illinois (160 km east), Illinois' capital Springfield (225 km southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (339 km south-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (439 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (445 km west), Iowas Capital Des Moines (253 km west-northwest), Iowa City (112 km northwest) and Cedar Rapids (151 km in the same direction).
traffic
The four-lane bypass runs through the north of the urban area of Middletown, while the old US Highway 34 runs through the center as the main road. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Through Middletown runs an important railroad line for the freight traffic of the BNSF Railway , which leads from Chicago over the Mississippi to Omaha. The route is also used for passenger services by Amtrak , whose nearest station is 15.5 km east in Burlington.
The nearest airport is Burlington's Southeast Iowa Regional Airport 17 km east-southeast .
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is a US Army ammunition factory in Middletown . With several thousand jobs, it is Des Moines County's largest employer. The site of the factory covers 7,693 hectares and extends well beyond the urban area of Middletown.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 112 | - | |
| 1930 | 126 | 12.5% | |
| 1940 | 134 | 6.3% | |
| 1950 | 229 | 70.9% | |
| 1960 | 245 | 7% | |
| 1970 | 443 | 80.8% | |
| 1980 | 487 | 9.9% | |
| 1990 | 386 | -20.7% | |
| 2000 | 535 | 38.6% | |
| 2010 | 318 | -40.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 339 | 6.6% | |
| 1920-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Middletown had 318 people in 127 households. The population density was 201.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 127 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 1.6 percent Asian and 0.9 percent Polynesians; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
17.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 55,500 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,757. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 1, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 1, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Southeast Iowa Regional Airport Accessed 1 January 2015
- ↑ City of Middletown - History ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2015 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 January 1, 2014
- ↑ Joint Munitions Command - Iowa Army Ammunition Plant ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 1, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 1, 2015
