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| Nickname : Hub City | |
 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1873 (created) 1888 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Fayette County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 40 ′ N , 91 ° 55 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,415 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 509.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.59 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 319 m |
| Postal code : | 50662 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-58620 |
| GNIS ID : | 459805 |
| Website : | www.cityofoelwein.org |
| Mayor : | Peggy Sherrets |
 In the Oelwein Railway Museum |
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Oelwein is the largest town (with the status " City ") in Fayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Oelwein had 6,415 inhabitants, whose number had decreased to 6,261 by 2013.
geography
Oelwein is located in the central northeast of Iowa on Otter Creek , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin over the Wapsipinicon River . This forms the border of Iowa to Wisconsin and Illinois around 80 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Oelwein are 42 ° 40'24 "north latitude and 91 ° 54'49" west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.59 km² and is the capital of the Jefferson Township .
Neighboring towns of Oelwein are Maynard (12.8 km northeast), Arlington (26.7 km east-northeast), Stanley (12.1 km southeast), Hazleton (6.9 km south), Fairbank (15.3 km west-southwest) and Westgate (16.9 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (150 miles east-northeast), Dubuque at the intersection of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (119 miles east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (214 miles southeast), Cedar Rapids (87.1 km southeast), Waterloo (35 miles southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (150 miles in the same direction), and Rochester , Minnesota (195 km northwest).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 150 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Oelwein and meets the Iowa State Highway 3 in the city center . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Oelwein Municipal Airport is 5.8 km west of the city, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 35 miles west-southwest , from where feeder flights from several airlines connect to the major airports in Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
history
The city's beginnings go back to what was then Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad , during the construction of which was acquired by Gustav A. Oelwein Land from Germany to create a settlement. A year later work began on building the city as planned. In 1888 the settlement was incorporated as the Town of Oelwein .
The city developed into a rail hub of the then Chicago Great Western Railroad , which led to the name Hub City . At the turn of the century, a railway repair shop was built.
In 1897 the city was elevated to the City of Oelwein .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 397 | - | |
| 1890 | 830 | 109.1% | |
| 1900 | 5142 | 519.5% | |
| 1910 | 6028 | 17.2% | |
| 1920 | 7455 | 23.7% | |
| 1930 | 7794 | 4.5% | |
| 1940 | 7801 | 0.1% | |
| 1950 | 7858 | 0.7% | |
| 1960 | 8282 | 5.4% | |
| 1970 | 7735 | -6.6% | |
| 1980 | 7564 | -2.2% | |
| 1990 | 6493 | -14.2% | |
| 2000 | 6692 | 3.1% | |
| 2010 | 6415 | -4.1% | |
| 2013 estimate | 6261 | -2.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 2013 | |||
During the 1980s, most of the railway lines were closed. Only the company Transco Railway Products has a repair facility in Oelwein with around 70 employees.
In the Railway Museum, the history of Oelwein as a railway city is extensively presented.
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 6,415 people in 2,763 households in Oelwein. The population density was 509.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 2,763 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.2 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,377 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,748. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Walter Percy Chrysler, Jr. (1909–1988) - entrepreneur and art collector - born in Oelwein
- Ray Hanken (1911–1980) - American football player and coach - born and raised in Oelwein
- John Francis Kinney (1937–2019) - Bishop of Saint Cloud - born in Oelwein
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Oelwein - Officials.Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Oelwein, Iowa ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 26, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Oelwein Municipal Airport Accessed on October 26, 2014
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ↑ Oelwein Chamber to Area Development - Oelwein History ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ^ Transco Railway Products - Oelwein.Retrieved October 26, 2014
- ^ The Hub City Heritage Corporation Railway Museum.Retrieved October 26, 2014
