Remsen (Iowa)
| Remsen | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1876 (created) 1889 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Plymouth County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 49 ′ N , 95 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,650 (as of 2016) 168,921 (as of 2012) |
| Population density : | 501.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.29 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 406 m |
| Postal code : | 51050 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-66405 |
| GNIS ID : | 460584 |
Remsen is a small town (with the status " City ") in Plymouth County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Remsen had 1663 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 1650 by 2016.
Remsen is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area , which also extends across state lines to Nebraska and South Dakota .
geography
Remsen is located in northwest Iowa south of Deep Creek , which is part of the Mississippi river basin via Willow Creek , Floyd River and Missouri .
The intersections of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota as well as the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are 125 km northwest and 64 km southwest of Remsen.
The geographical coordinates of Remsen are 42 ° 48 '53 "north latitude and 95 ° 58' 24" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.29 km² and is the largest town within the Remsen Township . Part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Marion Township to the west .
Neighboring towns of Remsen are Granville (28.3 km north-northeast), Marcus (16 km east), Kingsley (27 km south), Oyens (8.6 km west) and Alton (25.6 km north-northeast).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (391 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (393 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (421 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (329 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (507 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (220 km in the same direction), Sioux City (58 km south-southwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (155 km north-west).
traffic
The Iowa Highway 3 runs in east-west direction on the southern outskirts along. Iowa Highway 140, which runs north to south, crosses IA 3 on the eastern edge of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad , which is used for freight traffic, runs through Remsen in a west-east direction .
With the Le Mars Municipal Airport is located 20 km west-southwest of a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (341 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (213 km south), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (72 km southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (147 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 580 | - | |
| 1900 | 835 | 44% | |
| 1910 | 1076 | 28.9% | |
| 1920 | 1144 | 6.3% | |
| 1930 | 1181 | 3.2% | |
| 1940 | 1196 | 1.3% | |
| 1950 | 1280 | 7% | |
| 1960 | 1338 | 4.5% | |
| 1970 | 1367 | 2.2% | |
| 1980 | 1592 | 16.5% | |
| 1990 | 1513 | -5% | |
| 2000 | 1762 | 16.5% | |
| 2010 | 1663 | -5.6% | |
| 2016 estimate | 1650 | -0.8% | |
| 1890-2000 2010-2016 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 1663 people in 645 households in Remsen. The population density was 501.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 645 households.
The racial the population was 98.2 percent white. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 51,339 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,326. 5.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Jared Homan (born 1983) - basketball player - born in Remsen
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 17, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 17, 2017
- ↑ AirNav.com - Le Mars Municipal Airport Accessed on September 17, 2017
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved September 17, 2017