Pleasantville, Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1872 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Marion County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 23 ′ N , 93 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,694 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 257.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.58 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 278 m |
| Postal code : | 50225 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-63750 |
| GNIS ID : | 460321 |
| Website : | discoverpleasantville.com |
| Mayor : | Bill Moore |
 Pleasantville City Hall |
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Pleasantville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marion County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Pleasantville had 1694 residents, the number of which decreased slightly to 1687 by 2013.
geography
Pleasantville is about 6 km southwest of the Des Moines River , dammed up to Lake Red Rock , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the Iowa- Illinois border around 190 km east ; the Missouri border runs 59 miles south of Pleasantville.
The geographical coordinates of Pleasantville are 41 ° 23'09 "north latitude and 93 ° 16'10" west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.58 km² and is the largest town within the Pleasant Grove Township .
Neighboring towns are of Pleasantville are Knoxville (12 miles east-southeast), Melcher-Dallas (12 miles south), Milo (15 miles southwest), Ackworth (11 miles west), Hartford (10 miles northwest) ) and Swan (10.9 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (433 km north), Rochester , Minnesota (372 km northeast), Waterloo (197 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (191 km east-northeast), Iowa's former capital Iowa City (178 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (262 km in the same direction), Chicago in Illinois (530 km also east), Peoria in Illinois (385 km east-southeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (437 km southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (509 km in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (322 km south-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (316 km south-southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (342 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha ( 245 km west), Iowa's capital Des Moines (44.3 km northwest) and Sioux City (340 km in the same direction).
traffic
The four-lane Iowa Highway 5 runs as a bypass of the center of Pleasantville through the western periphery of the city. The old IA 5 runs through the city center as the main street. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A few kilometers parallel to the Des Moines River runs through the center of the city of the Norfolk Southern Railway .
With the Knoxville Municipal Airport is located 20 kilometers southeast of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport, 41 km west-northwest .
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 449 | - | |
| 1890 | 510 | 13.6% | |
| 1900 | 738 | 44.7% | |
| 1910 | 691 | -6.4% | |
| 1920 | 859 | 24.3% | |
| 1930 | 757 | -11.9% | |
| 1940 | 895 | 18.2% | |
| 1950 | 893 | -0.2% | |
| 1960 | 1025 | 14.8% | |
| 1970 | 1297 | 26.5% | |
| 1980 | 1531 | 18% | |
| 1990 | 1536 | 0.3% | |
| 2000 | 1539 | 0.2% | |
| 2010 | 1694 | 10.1% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1687 | -0.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Pleasantville had 1,694 people in 674 households. The population density was 257.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 674 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent (two people) Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,161 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,797. 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Isaac D. Young (1849–1927) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1911–1913) - was born and raised near Pleasantville
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Pleasantville - City Council. Retrieved March 10, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 10, 2015
- ↑ Kilometers according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 10, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Knoxville Municipal Airport Accessed on 10 March 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF file; 82 kB). Accessed March 10, 2015
