Quimby, Iowa
| Quimby | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1906 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Cherokee County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 38 ′ N , 95 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 319 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 300.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.06 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 361 m |
| Postal code : | 51049 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-65280 |
| GNIS ID : | 460485 |
Quimby is a small town (with the status " City ") in Cherokee County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Quimby had 319 residents, the number of which had decreased to 308 by 2013.
geography
Quimby is located in northwest Iowa on the Little Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Quimby are 42 ° 37'49 "north latitude and 95 ° 38'31" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 1.06 km² and is the largest town within Willow Township .
Neighboring towns of Quimby are Meriden (19.3 km north), Cherokee (16.9 km north-northeast), Aurelia (25.7 km north-east), Holstein (23.7 km south-east), Cushing (20.9 km south), Washta (9.1 km southwest) and Correctionville (14.5 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (409 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (395 km east northeast), Cedar Rapids (378 km east southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (288 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (454 km south-southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (190 km south-southwest), Sioux City (74.2 km west-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (185 km northwest).
traffic
The Iowa State Highway 31 leads northeast-southwest direction as the main road through Quimby. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Cherokee County Regional Airport there is a small airfield 16.5 km northeast. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (279 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (183 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (78.5 km southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (199 km northwest ).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 268 | - | |
| 1920 | 363 | 35.4% | |
| 1930 | 318 | -12.4% | |
| 1940 | 363 | 14.2% | |
| 1950 | 398 | 9.6% | |
| 1960 | 369 | -7.3% | |
| 1970 | 395 | 7% | |
| 1980 | 424 | 7.3% | |
| 1990 | 334 | -21.2% | |
| 2000 | 368 | 10.2% | |
| 2010 | 319 | -13.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 308 | -3.4% | |
| 1910-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Quimby had 319 people in 135 households. The population density was 300.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 135 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with two exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,542 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,679. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 2, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ Cherokee County Regional Airport . AirNav.com - Retrieved December 2, 2014
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 2, 2014