Ottumwa
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| Nickname : River of Opportunity | |
![The 1894 built Wapello County Courthouse in Ottumwa, listed in the NRHP since 1981 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Wapello_County,_Iowa_Courthouse.jpg) The Wapello County Courthouse in Ottumwa, built in 1894, listed in the NRHP since 1981 |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1843 (settled) 1888 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Wapello County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 1 ′ N , 92 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 25,023 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 609.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 42.81 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 41.08 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 205 m |
| Postal code : | 52501 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-60465 |
| GNIS ID : | 459952 |
| Website : | cityofottumwa.org |
| Mayor : | Tom Lazio |
 The Jefferson Street Viaduct over the Des Moines River, listed on the NRHP since 1998 |
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Ottumwa is a town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Wapello County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Ottum had about 25,023 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 24,840 by 2013.
The US Navy port tug, USS Ottumwa (YTB-761), was named after the city.
geography
Ottumwa is located in southeastern Iowa on the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms about 130 km east of the Iowa border with Illinois ; the Missouri border runs around 50 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Ottumwa are 41 ° 01'12 "north latitude and 92 ° 24'41" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 42.81 km², which is spread over 41.08 km² of land and 1.73 km² of water. Ottumwa is predominantly located in the Center Township , but also extends into the Richland and Dahlonega Townships .
Neighboring towns to Ottumwa are Fremont (14 miles north), Hedrick (14 miles northeast), Agency (10.3 miles east), Batavia (15 miles in the same direction), Eldon (23.6 miles southeast), Floris (23.1 km south-southeast), Blakesburg (24.3 km west-southwest) and Chillicothe (15.7 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Waterloo (183 km north), Cedar Rapids (161 km north-northeast), Iowa City (141 km northeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (215 km east-northeast), Peoria in Illinois (283 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (339 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (407 km southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (352 km southwest), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (330 km west) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (136 km northwest) .
traffic
The US Highway 63 forms the eastern ring road of Ottumwa. From this, US Highway 34 branches off in a westerly direction, runs as the main road through the center of the city and meets there with Iowa State Highways 23 and 149 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Ottumwa Regional Airport is located 13.4 km north-northwest of the city center, an airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (138 km west-northwest), Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids (169 km northeast), Quad City International Airport near Moline , Illinois (224 km east-northeast) and Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington (131 km east-southeast).
Rail transport
In Ottumwa, the former CBQ east-west mainline of the BNSF Railway from Chicago to Omaha and the former Milwaukee Road north-east-southwest route from Davenport to Kansas City cross the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad .
The south-leading Wabash Railroad branch line to Moulton was shut down in the 1908s, as was the northwest-southeast line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad from Des Moines to Keokuk . The Ottumwa and Kirkville Railroad and the Chicago Fort Madison and Des Moines Railway are also no longer in operation .
Ottumwa is an intermediate stop of Amtrak -Fernzuges California Zephyr (Chicago-San Francisco). The built and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1951 now used by Amtrak station has been in the NRHP listed.
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1632 | - | |
| 1870 | 5214 | 219.5% | |
| 1880 | 9004 | 72.7% | |
| 1890 | 14.001 | 55.5% | |
| 1900 | 18,197 | 30% | |
| 1910 | 22,012 | 21% | |
| 1920 | 23.003 | 4.5% | |
| 1930 | 28,075 | 22% | |
| 1940 | 31,570 | 12.4% | |
| 1950 | 33,631 | 6.5% | |
| 1960 | 33,871 | 0.7% | |
| 1970 | 29,610 | -12.6% | |
| 1980 | 27,381 | -7.5% | |
| 1990 | 24,488 | -10.6% | |
| 2000 | 24,998 | 2.1% | |
| 2010 | 25,036 | 0.2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 24,840 | -0.8% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2013 | |||
In 1851 Ottumwa was destroyed by a flood. In 1857 coal mining began along Bear Creek four miles west of Ottumwa. In 1914 over 100,000 tons were mined in the Ottumwa area.
population
According to the 2010 census , there were about 25,036 people in 10,251 households in Ottum. The population density was 609.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 10,251 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.2 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 4.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.3 percent of the population.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,901 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,539. 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Sanford Kirkpatrick (1842–1932), Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1913–1915), lived in Ottumwa for years
- Charles W. Thompson (1867–1950), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1933–1937), born and partly raised in Ottumwa
- Jacob Schick (1877–1937), inventor and entrepreneur, born and raised in Ottumwa
- Archie Alexander (1888–1958), Governor of the US Virgin Islands (1954–1955), born and raised in Ottumwa
- Hal Walker (1896–1972), film director and assistant director, born in Ottumwa
- Donald E. Keyhoe (1897–1988), officer and author, grew up in Ottumwa
- Karen Morley (1909–2003), actress, born and partly raised in Ottumwa
- Herschel C. Loveless (1911–1989), 34th Governor of Iowa (1957–1961), lived in Ottumwa for a long time
- Roy Lee Williams (1915–1989), union official, born in Ottumwa
- Deane Stoltz (1929–2006), entrepreneur, born in Ottumwa
- Beverley Owen (1937–2019), actress, born in Ottumwa
- Steve Bales (* 1942), space engineer at NASA, born in Ottumwa
- Steve Hooks (* 1946), jazz musician and composer, born and raised in Ottumwa
- Walter Day (* 1949), entrepreneur and founder of the Twin Galaxies company in Ottumwa
- Tom Arnold (* 1959), actor, born and raised in Ottumwa
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000272 Retrieved February 11, 2015
- ↑ City of Ottumwa - Mayor and City Council ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 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 February 11, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 98000475.Retrieved February 11, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 11, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 11, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Ottumwa Regional Airport Accessed on February 11, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 8001100.Retrieved February 11, 2015
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved February 11, 2015
