Mount Pleasant, Iowa
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![Downtown Mount Pleasant with the Timmerman-Burd Building, which has been listed in the NRHP since 1991 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Mount_pleasant_iowa.jpg) Downtown Mount Pleasant with the Timmerman-Burd Building, which has been listed in the NRHP since 1991 |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Henry County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 58 ′ N , 91 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,668 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 435.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 20.0 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19.9 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 218 m |
| Postal code : | 52641 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-54705 |
| GNIS ID : | 459328 |
| Website : | www.cityofmountpleasantiowa.org |
| Mayor : | Steve Brimhall |
 The Union Block building , listed in the NRHP since 1988 , but badly damaged in 2011 |
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Mount Pleasant is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Henry County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 , Mount Pleasant had 8,668 residents.
geography
Mount Pleasant is about 3 km north of the Skunk River , which flows about 60 km further southeast into the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The city lies at 40 ° 57'49 "north latitude and 91 ° 33'29" west longitude and extends over 20.0 km², which is spread over 19.9 km² of land and 0.1 km² of water.
The neighboring towns of Mount Pleasant are Westwood (4 miles west) and New London (8 miles east).
The closest major cities are the Quad Cities (139 km northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (217 km northwest), and Cedar Rapids (119 km north).
traffic
In the city the hit US Highways 34 and 218 and Iowa Highway 27 together. All other streets within the urban area are subordinate to the numbering.
Centrally located in Mount Pleasant is an Amtrak station that is served daily by the California Zephyr transcontinental express train that runs from Chicago to San Francisco .
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport is located in the southeast of the urban area .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 758 | - | |
| 1860 | 3530 | 365.7% | |
| 1870 | 4245 | 20.3% | |
| 1880 | 4410 | 3.9% | |
| 1890 | 3997 | -9.4% | |
| 1900 | 4109 | 2.8% | |
| 1910 | 3874 | -5.7% | |
| 1920 | 3987 | 2.9% | |
| 1930 | 3743 | -6.1% | |
| 1940 | 4610 | 23.2% | |
| 1950 | 5843 | 26.7% | |
| 1960 | 7339 | 25.6% | |
| 1970 | 7007 | -4.5% | |
| 1980 | 7322 | 4.5% | |
| 1990 | 7959 | 8.7% | |
| 2000 | 8751 | 10% | |
| 2010 | 8668 | -0.9% | |
| 1850-1990 2000-2010 | |||
As of the 2010 census , Mount Pleasant had 8,668 people in 3,284 households. The population density was 435.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 85.7 percent white, 4.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.7 percent of the population.
Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 3284 households.
21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 40,265 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,460. 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Alfred F. Havighurst (1904–1991) - historian - born in Mount Pleasant
- James Van Allen (1914–2006) - astrophysicist and space pioneer - born in Mount Pleasant
- Tom Vilsack (born 1950) - Former Mayor of Mount Pleasant, Governor of Iowa (1999-2007), US Secretary of Agriculture (2009-2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 91001113.Retrieved April 15, 2012
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 88003147.Retrieved April 15, 2012
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mount Pleasant, IA ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 on WebCite ) 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 April 15, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 15, 2012
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved April 15, 2012
