Nora Springs
| Nora Springs | |
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 Nora Springs water tower |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1874 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Floyd County Cerro Gordo County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 9 ′ N , 93 ° 0 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,431 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 248.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.75 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 331 m |
| Postal code : | 50458 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-56910 |
| GNIS ID : | 459546 |
Nora Springs is a small town (with the status " City ") in Floyd County and a small part in Cerro Gordo County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Nora Springs had 1,431 residents, which decreased to 1,416 by 2013.
geography
Nora Springs is located in northeast Iowa on the Shell Rock River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Cedar River and the Iowa River . The border with Minnesota runs around 40 km north, while the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin around 160 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Nora Springs are 43 ° 08'34 "north latitude and 93 ° 00'16" west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.75 km² and is the largest town in the Rock Grove Township of Floyd County. A small part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Portland Township of Cerro Gordo County to the west .
Neighboring towns to Nora Springs are Rudd (9.1 km east-southeast), Floyd (14.1 km in the same direction), Rockford (15.2 south-southeast), Mason City (17 km west), Rock Falls (12.5 km northwest ) and Plymouth (12 miles in the same direction).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (239 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (131 km north-northeast), La Crosse in Wisconsin (204 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (341 km east), Dubuque at the intersection of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (150 miles east-southeast), Waterloo (113 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (200 km in the same direction) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (208 km southwest).
traffic
The US Highway 18 and here running on a section of track shared Iowa State Highway 27 leading south of Nora Springs over. The Business Highway 18 leading west to east direction as the main road through the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two railroad lines of the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) meet in Nora Springs .
With the Mason City Municipal Airport (28 km west) and the Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (37 km east-southeast) are two small airfields in the area. The nearest commercial airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 106 km south-southeast , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 617 | - | |
| 1890 | 846 | 37.1% | |
| 1900 | 1209 | 42.9% | |
| 1910 | 985 | -18.5% | |
| 1920 | 1055 | 7.1% | |
| 1930 | 1070 | 1.4% | |
| 1940 | 1198 | 12% | |
| 1950 | 1257 | 4.9% | |
| 1960 | 1275 | 1.4% | |
| 1970 | 1337 | 4.9% | |
| 1980 | 1572 | 17.6% | |
| 1990 | 1505 | -4.3% | |
| 2000 | 1532 | 1.8% | |
| 2010 | 1431 | -6.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1416 | -1 % | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Nora Springs had 1,431 people in 577 households. The population density was 248.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 577 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
24 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18 percent were 65 years or older. 51 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,591 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,530. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 15, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 15, 2015
- ↑ Mason City Municipal Airport.Retrieved January 15, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Mason City Municipal Airport Accessed on January 15, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Northeast Iowa Regional Airport Accessed on January 15, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 15, 2015
