Montezuma, Iowa
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![The Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, listed in the NRHP since 1981 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Poweshiek_County_IA_Courthouse.jpg) The Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1848 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Poweshiek County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 35 ′ N , 92 ° 32 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,411 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 218.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.45 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 289 m |
| Postal code : | 50171 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-53490 |
| GNIS ID : | 459191 |
| Website : | montezumaiowa.org |
| Mayor : | Corey Simpson |
Montezuma is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Poweshiek County in US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Montezuma had 1,462 residents, which decreased to 1,411 by 2015.
geography
Montezuma is located in southeastern Iowa, around 100 km north of the Missouri border and around 100 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Montezuma are 41 ° 35'09 "north latitude and 92 ° 31'39" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 6.45 km² and forms the center of Jackson Township .
In the west of the urban area, the Diamond Lake County Park, which is located around the lake of the same name, is a small local recreation area. To the south of this is the Fox Forest County Recreation Area .
The nearest neighbors to Montezuma are Malcom (15 km north), Brooklyn (14.5 km northeast), Guernsey (14 miles east-northeast), Deep River (13.7 km east), Barnes City (13.2 km southeast), Union Mills (10.1 miles southwest), New Sharon (20.6 km southwest), Searsboro (9.7 miles west), and Ewart (11.7 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (303 km north), Cedar Rapids (114 km northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (185 km east), Chicago in Illinois (452 km in the same direction), Columbia , Missouri (327 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (419 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (95 km west), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (316 km in the same direction), and Sioux City (427 km west-northwest).
traffic
The west-east direction Iowa Highway 85 has its western terminus in Montezuma and forms the main street of the city. US Highway 63, which runs in a north-south direction, crosses in the center . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The Grinnell Regional Airport is 29 km northwest of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (109 km to the west).
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 564 | - | |
| 1870 | 555 | -1.6% | |
| 1880 | 921 | 65.9% | |
| 1890 | 1062 | 15.3% | |
| 1900 | 1210 | 13.9% | |
| 1910 | 1172 | -3.1% | |
| 1920 | 1273 | 8.6% | |
| 1930 | 1257 | -1.3% | |
| 1940 | 1477 | 17.5% | |
| 1950 | 1460 | -1.2% | |
| 1960 | 1416 | -3% | |
| 1970 | 1353 | -4.4% | |
| 1980 | 1485 | 9.8% | |
| 1990 | 1651 | 11.2% | |
| 2000 | 1440 | -12.8% | |
| 2010 | 1462 | 1.5% | |
| 2015 estimate | 1411 | -3.5% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2015 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Montezuma had 1,462 people in 632 households. The population density was 218.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 632 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.3 from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 50,966 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,361. 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Clyde King (1898–1982) - rower, Olympic participant 1920 - born in Montezuma
- Marsena E. Cutts (1833–1883) - Attorney General of Iowa (1872–1877) and Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1881–1883) - practiced as a lawyer in Montezuma
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000266. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ City of Montezuma - City Info ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 9, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Grinnell Regional Airport Retrieved on January 9, 2017
- ^ Iowa Data Center ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 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 March 22, 2015
- ↑ Sports-Reference - Clyde King. Retrieved January 9, 2017
- ^ Biographical Direction of the United States Congress - Marsena Edgar Cutts.Retrieved January 9, 2017
