New Market (Iowa)

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New Market
Taylor County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas New Market Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1882 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Taylor County
Coordinates : 40 ° 44 ′  N , 94 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′  N , 94 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 415 (as of 2010)
Population density : 364 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.14 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 376 m
Postal code : 51646
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-56370
GNIS ID : 459481

New Market is a small town (with the status " City ") in Taylor County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , New Market had 415 residents, which decreased to 404 by 2013.

geography

New Market is located in southwest Iowa. The border with the neighboring state of Missouri runs 11 miles south. About 85 km west of New Market, the Missouri River forms the border between Iowa and Nebraska .

The geographical coordinates of New Market are 40 ° 43'52 "north latitude and 94 ° 53'59" west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​1.14 km² and is the largest town within the Dallas Township .

Neighboring towns to New Market are Gravity (10.1 miles east-northeast), Bedford (20.2 km east-southeast), Hopkins , Missouri (16.5 miles southeast), Braddyville (17.8 miles southwest), Shambaugh (12.3 miles southwest ), Clarinda (14.2 km west) and Villisca (29.8 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital, Des Moines (204 km northeast), Columbia , Missouri (413 km southeast), St. Joseph , Missouri (127 km south), Kansas City , Missouri (212 km in the same direction), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (170 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (144 km northwest).

traffic

The Iowa Highway 2 extends in the east-west direction along the southern border. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Schenck Field Airport Clarinda is located 13 km to the west a small airfield for general aviation . The closest commercial airports are Omaha Eppley Airfield (149 km northwest) and Des Moines International Airport (200 km northeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 320 -
1900 600 87.5%
1910 673 12.2%
1920 745 10.7%
1930 630 -15.4%
1940 681 8.1%
1950 573 -15.9%
1960 506 -11.7%
1970 501 -1 %
1980 554 10.6%
1990 454 -18.1%
2000 456 0.4%
2010 415 -9%
2013 estimate 404 -2.7%
1890-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , New Market lived 415 people in 190 households. The population density was 364 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 190 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.2 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,636  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,291. 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Merton F. Utter (1917–1980) - microbiologist - grew up partly in New Market

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 20, 2015
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 20, 2015
  3. AirNav.com - Schenck Field Airport Accessed on March 20, 2015
  4. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved March 20, 2015

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