Mount Ayr, Iowa
| Mount Ayr | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Mount Ayr |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1875 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Ringgold County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 43 ′ N , 94 ° 14 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,686 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 241.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.97 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 371 m |
| Postal code : | 50854 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-54480 |
| GNIS ID : | 459275 |
 The Ringgold County Courthouse in Mount Ayr, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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Mount Ayr is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Ringgold County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Mount Ayr had 1,691 residents, the number of which decreased slightly to 1,686 by 2015.
geography
Mount Ayr is located in southwest Iowa, east of the headwaters of the Middle Fork Grand River , which is part of the Missouri catchment area via the Grand River .
The geographical coordinates of Mount Ayr are 40 ° 42'53 "north latitude and 94 ° 14'07" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.97 km².
Neighboring towns to Mount Ayr are Tingley (12 miles north), Beaconsfield ( 16 miles northeast), Kellerton (10 miles east), Hatfield in Missouri (18 miles southeast), Delphos (8.5 miles southwest ), Redding (14 miles in the same direction), Maloy (19.5 miles west-southwest), Benton (11.7 km west), and Diagonal (19.8 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (147 km northeast), Kansas City , Missouri (221 km south), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (236 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (203 km northwest).
traffic
In the city of Mount Ayr, US Highway 169 , which runs in north-south direction, and Iowa Highway 2, which runs from west to east, cross . All other roads in Mount Ayr are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport is a small airfield for general aviation in the southeastern part of the city . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (136 km northeast), Kansas City International Airport (202 km south), and Eppley Airfield in Omaha (204 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 422 | - | |
| 1880 | 1275 | 202.1% | |
| 1890 | 1265 | -0.8% | |
| 1900 | 1729 | 36.7% | |
| 1910 | 1646 | -4.8% | |
| 1920 | 1738 | 5.6% | |
| 1930 | 1704 | -2% | |
| 1940 | 1930 | 13.3% | |
| 1950 | 1793 | -7.1% | |
| 1960 | 1738 | -3.1% | |
| 1970 | 1762 | 1.4% | |
| 1980 | 1938 | 10% | |
| 1990 | 1796 | -7.3% | |
| 2000 | 1822 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 1691 | -7.2% | |
| 2015 estimate | 1686 | -0.3% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2015 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Mount Ayr had 1,691 people in 746 households. The population density was 241.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 746 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.8 from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.
19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 29.7 percent were 65 years or older. 55.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 45,865 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,295. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Peggy Whitson (born 1960) - astronaut - born in Mount Ayr
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000267. Retrieved November 23, 2016
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 23, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 23, 2016
- ^ Judge Lewis Field Mount Ayr Municipal Airport. Retrieved November 23, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved November 23, 2016
