Nixa
| Nixa | |
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 Location in Missouri
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| County : | Christian County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 3 ′ N , 93 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 19,022 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,196.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.9 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 395 m |
| Postal code : | 65714 |
| Area code : | +1 417 |
| FIPS : | 29-52616 |
| GNIS ID : | 723380 |
| Website : | www.nixa.com |
| Mayor : | Sam Clifton |
Nixa is a city (with the status " City ") in the Christian County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Missouri . In 2010 the city had 19,022 inhabitants.
Nixa is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Springfield .
geography
Nixa is located in the middle of the Ozarks south of Springfield, the center of the region. The city of Nixa is located at 37 ° 02'36 "north latitude and 93 ° 17'40" west longitude and extends over 15.9 km².
Neighboring towns are Springfield (14 miles north to city center), Fremont Hills (7.3 km northeast), Ozark (9.4 km east-southeast), Highlandville (13.9 km south), Clever (17.2 km west) and Battlefield (10 miles northwest).
The closest major cities to Springfield are Kansas City (303 km northwest), Missouri's capital Jefferson City (150 miles northeast), St. Louis (370 km northeast), Memphis , Tennessee (445 km southeast), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (328 km south-southeast), Tulsa in Oklahoma (303 km southwest), and Wichita (414 km west-northwest).
traffic
A few kilometers west of Nixa, the freeway US Highway 65 runs from Springfield to Branson . US Highway 160 runs through the city center in a north-south direction and meets Missouri State Routes 13 and 14 in the urban area .
In the east of the city, there is a small airfield called Air Park South . The nearest major airports are Springfield-Branson National Airport (20 miles northwest) and Branson Airport (41 miles south).
history
The first white farmers came to the region in the middle of the 19th century. A small settlement was built in what is now the city, which also served as a resting place for travelers.
One of the leaders of the settlers was the blacksmith Nicholas A. Inman , who had come from Tennessee in 1852. He and a partner opened a forge in the neighboring town of Ozark. His family residence was a few kilometers west in what is now the urban area of Nixa. The settlement grew, more settlers and business people moved into the place and a post office was opened. The residents decided to give their settlement a name. The new place name Nixa was formed from first and middle names .
In 1902 the place was officially given the status of " Village ".
The economy was initially largely based on agriculture. Small industrial enterprises gradually developed from the processing of agricultural products. A number of mills, dairies and slaughterhouses came into being. 1924 was a cooperative cheese factory, during the Great Depression of the Wilson Packing Company was acquired.
Despite the crisis, the population of Nixa grew as the city became a suburb of the nearby city of Springfield. Nearby Branson also offers a range of service jobs for residents of Nixa, which is between the two cities.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 19,022 people in 6745 households in Nixa. The population density was 1196.4 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.
Statistically, there were 2.66 people in each of the 6745 households.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 50,702 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,166. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Nixa, MO ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2012 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 April 21, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on April 21, 2012
- ^ History of Nixa. Retrieved April 21, 2012
