Ogden, Iowa

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Ogden
Ogden Standard (6135194437) .jpg
Location in Iowa
Boone County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ogden Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1866
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Boone County
Coordinates : 42 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,044 (as of 2010)
Population density : 575.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.55 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 338 m
Postal code : 50212
Area code : +1 515
FIPS : 19-58665
GNIS ID : 459806
Website : www.ogdeniowa.net
Mayor : Dennis Good

Ogden is a city (with the status " City ") in Boone County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Ogden had 2,044 inhabitants, the number of which decreased to 2034 by 2013.

geography

Ogden is located in the western center of Iowa not far from the western bank of the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .

The geographical coordinates of Ogden are 42 ° 02'21 "north latitude and 94 ° 01'40" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​3.55 km² and is spread over the Yell Township and, to a lesser extent, the Marcy Township .

Neighboring towns of Ogden are Pilot Mound (15.7 km north), Fraser (15 km north-northeast), Boone (13.8 km east-northeast), Luther (25.7 km southeast), Woodward (29.3 km south-southeast), Bouton ( 14 miles south), Perry (29.1 km southwest), Berkley (18.1 km southwest), Beaver (10.4 km west), Grand Junction (18.6 km in the same direction), and Boxholm (21 , 2 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (384 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (329 km north-northeast), Waterloo (195 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (200 km east), Iowa's capital city Des Moines (77.9 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (362 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (243 km southwest), Sioux City (244 km west northwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (381 km northwest).

traffic

The historic Lincoln Highway , the first road in the country to connect the east and west coasts, ran through central Ogden. For today's long-distance traffic, US Highway  30 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a west-east direction along the southern outskirts and meets US Highway 169 at the height of the city center . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad (UP) line runs through the city of Ogden in a west-east direction .

With the Boone Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 18 km east. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 86 km southeast .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 568 -
1890 689 21.3%
1900 993 44.1%
1910 1298 30.7%
1920 1451 11.8%
1930 1429 -1.5%
1940 1513 5.9%
1950 1486 -1.8%
1960 1525 2.6%
1970 1661 8.9%
1980 1953 17.6%
1990 1909 -2.3%
2000 2023 6%
2010 2044 1 %
2013 estimate 2034 -0.5%
1880-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Ogden had 2,044 people in 829 households. The population density was 575.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 829 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.3 percent Native American 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 1.1 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 58,466  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,027. 5.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Ogden - City Council ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 November 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ogdeniowa.net
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 2, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 2, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Boone Municipal Airport Accessed on November 2, 2014
  5. ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved November 2, 2014

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