Pocahontas, Iowa
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| Nickname : The Princess City | |
![The Pocahontas County Courthouse in Pocahontas, listed in the NRHP since 1981 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Pocahontas_County_Courthouse.JPG) The Pocahontas County Courthouse in Pocahontas, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 (settled) 1892 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Pocahontas County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 44 ′ N , 94 ° 40 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,740 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 332.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.23 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 376 m |
| Postal code : | 50574 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-63975 |
| GNIS ID : | 460342 |
| Website : | pocahontasiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Richard Gruber |
 The Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pocahontas, listed in the NRHP since 1994 |
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Pocahontas is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Pocahontas County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Pocahontas had 1789 inhabitants, the number of which decreased to 1740 by 2015.
geography
Pocahontas is located in the central northwest of Iowa on Lizard Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Des Moines River .
The intersections of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota and the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska on the Missouri are 237 km northwest and 166 km west-southwest of Pocahontas.
The geographical coordinates of Pocahontas are 42 ° 44 '08 "north latitude and 94 ° 40' 09" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 5.23 km² and is the largest town within the Center Township .
Neighboring towns of Pocahontas are Havelock (13.8 km north), Rolfe (20.8 km northeast), Gilmore City (18.7 km east), Palmer (19.1 km southeast), Pomeroy (22.1 km south), Varina (27.6 km west-southwest), Albert City (27.5 km west-northwest), Ware (13.4 km northwest), and Laurens (25.9 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (332 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (309 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (312 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (222 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (450 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (257 km southwest), Sioux City (161 km south-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (266 km northwest).
traffic
Iowa Highway 3, which runs in a west-east direction, crosses Iowa Highway 4, which runs north to south, in the center of Pocahontas . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Pocahontas Municipal Airport is a small airport for general aviation in the northeast of the urban area . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (217 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (249 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (175 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (267 km northwest).
history
In 1870, a settlement was established in the exact geographic center of Pocahontas County and was first named Village of Pocahontas Center . A few years later the administrative headquarters were relocated and a judicial and administrative building was built. As an independent municipality, the place was incorporated in 1892 and the first mayor was elected. The current Pocahontas County Courthouse was built in 1923.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 37 | - | |
| 1900 | 625 | - | |
| 1910 | 987 | 57.9% | |
| 1920 | 1302 | 31.9% | |
| 1930 | 1308 | 0.5% | |
| 1940 | 1730 | 32.3% | |
| 1950 | 1949 | 12.7% | |
| 1960 | 2011 | 3.2% | |
| 1970 | 2338 | 16.3% | |
| 1980 | 2352 | 0.6% | |
| 1990 | 2085 | -11.4% | |
| 2000 | 1970 | -5.5% | |
| 2010 | 1789 | -9.2% | |
| 2015 estimate | 1740 | -2.7% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Pocahontas had 1,789 people in 852 households. The population density was 342.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.04 people lived in each of the 852 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.1 from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
19.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 29.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 36,827 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,847. 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000264 Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ↑ City of Pocahontas - Council.Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 94000086. Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 18, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Pocahontas Municipal Airport Accessed on January 18, 2017
- ↑ City of Pocahontas - History.Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ^ Iowa's Courthouses - Pocahontas County. Retrieved January 18, 2017
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved January 18, 2017
