Odebolt
| Odebolt | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1877 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Sac County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 19 ′ N , 95 ° 15 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 978 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 362.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 416 m |
| Postal code : | 51458 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-58575 |
| GNIS ID : | 459799 |
| Website : | www.odebolt.net |
| Mayor : | Mike Hoefling |
Odebolt is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Sac County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Odebolt had 1013 inhabitants, the number of which decreased to 978 by 2015.
geography
Odebolt is located in the central northwest of Iowa on Odebolt Creek , which belongs to the Missouri catchment area via the Maple River and the Little Sioux River .
The geographical coordinates of Odebolt are 42 ° 18'44 "north latitude and 95 ° 15'02" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.7 km² and is located in the Richland Township .
Neighboring towns to Odebolt are Early (25.8 km northeast), Lake View (17 km east), Wall Lake (18 km east-southeast), Kiron (19.7 km south-southwest), and Arthur (9 km west-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (207 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (420 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (158 km southwest), Sioux City (115 km west-northwest), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls ( 258 km northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (448 km northeast) and Cedar Rapids (344 km east-southeast).
traffic
In the west-east direction, the Iowa Highway 175 runs as the main road through Odebolt. Iowa Highway 39, which runs north to south, crosses to the east of the city . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to the IA 175 through the urban area of Odebolt.
With the Sac City Municipal Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation located 31 km east-northeast . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (213 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (150 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (107 km west) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (263 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 637 | - | |
| 1890 | 1122 | 76.1% | |
| 1900 | 1432 | 27.6% | |
| 1910 | 1283 | -10.4% | |
| 1920 | 1445 | 12.6% | |
| 1930 | 1388 | -3.9% | |
| 1940 | 1350 | -2.7% | |
| 1950 | 1279 | -5.3% | |
| 1960 | 1331 | 4.1% | |
| 1970 | 1323 | -0.6% | |
| 1980 | 1299 | -1.8% | |
| 1990 | 1158 | -10.9% | |
| 2000 | 1153 | -0.4% | |
| 2010 | 1013 | -12.1% | |
| 2015 estimate | 978 | -3.5% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
history
Odebolt was created in 1877 with the construction of a railway station for North Western Transportation . The place was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1879.
population
According to the 2010 census , Odebolt had 1,013 people in 433 households. The population density was 303.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 433 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 29,437 USD . The per capita income was $ 55,455. 2.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Herman Groman (1882–1954) - track and field athlete and Olympic participant - born in Odebolt
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Odebolt - City Council.Retrieved November 11, 2016
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 11, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 11, 2016
- ^ Sac City Municipal Airport. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved November 11, 2016
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company: A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways 1908, p. 123.