Riverside, Iowa
| Riverside | |
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 In the center of Riverside |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1872 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Washington County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 29 ′ N , 91 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
993 (status: 2010) 161,170 (status: 2013) |
| Population density : | 223.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.45 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 199 m |
| Postal code : | 52327 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-67440 |
| GNIS ID : | 460657 |
| Website : | www.cityofriversideiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Bill Poch |
 1877 in neo-Gothic style built St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, since 1979 NRHP listed |
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Riverside is a small town in Washington County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Riverside had 993 residents, the number of which increased to 1045 by 2013.
Riverside is part of the metropolitan area around Iowa's former capital, Iowa City .
geography
Riverside is located in southeastern Iowa at the confluence of the English River with the Iowa River , which flows into the Mississippi from the right . This forms the border between Iowa and Illinois , 48 km to the east . The Missouri border runs approximately 120 km south of Riverside.
The geographic data for Riverside are 41 ° 28'47 "north latitude and 91 ° 34'53" west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.45 km² and is the largest town within the Iowa Township .
Neighboring towns to Riverside are Hills (11.4 km northeast), Lone Tree (14.6 km east), Ainsworth (16.7 km south), Washington (15.4 km southwest), Kalona (11.1 km west), and Wellman (14 miles in the same direction).
The center of Iowa City is located 23.8 km north of Riverside. The other closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (63.4 km north), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (92.6 km east), Chicago in Illinois (377 km in the same direction), Peoria in Illinois (245 km east-southeast ), Illinois' capital Springfield (318 km southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (402 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (454 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (200 km west), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (423 km in the same direction), Rochester , Minnesota (328 km northwest), and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ), Minnesota (462 km in the same direction).
traffic
US Highway 218 , which has been developed into a freeway, and Iowa State Highway 27 , which runs on a congruent section here, lead in a north-south direction through the eastern part of Riverside. The Iowa State Highway 22 runs from west to east direction as the main road through the city of Riverside. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Iowa City Municipal Airport is 13 miles north of an airfield for general aviation . The next airports are the Eastern Iowa Airport Cedar Rapids (54 km north-northwest), the Quad City International Airport in Moline , Illinois (102 km east), the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport from Burlington (111 km south-southeast) and the Des Moines International Airport (210 km west).
popularity
Riverside gained international fame when it officially declared itself the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk in March 1985 . The idea came about when the city council was looking for a motto for the annual city festival. Gene Roddenberry , the creator of Star Trek, had previously designated the city as the birthplace of Kirk in his book "The Making of Star Trek". The proposal to combine the city festival with Star Trek was finally accepted unanimously. A memorial stone in the city center and a replica of a Star Trek spaceship illustrate this claim. Based on the theme, “Where the Trek Begins” was chosen as the city's motto. Several Star Trek novels and the Star Trek movie make reference to Riverside.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 412 | - | |
| 1890 | 608 | 47.6% | |
| 1900 | 698 | 14.8% | |
| 1910 | 652 | -6.6% | |
| 1920 | 667 | 2.3% | |
| 1930 | 638 | -4.3% | |
| 1940 | 633 | -0.8% | |
| 1950 | 631 | -0.3% | |
| 1960 | 656 | 4% | |
| 1970 | 758 | 15.5% | |
| 1980 | 826 | 9% | |
| 1990 | 824 | -0.2% | |
| 2000 | 928 | 12.6% | |
| 2010 | 993 | 7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1045 | 5.2% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
As of the 2010 census , Riverside had 993 people in 435 households. The population density was 223.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 435 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American and 0.3 percent Native American; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,658 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,048. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ Riverside - Mayor and Council. Retrieved February 9, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79000946 Retrieved February 9, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 9, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 9, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Iowa City Municipal Airport Accessed on February 9, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved February 9, 2015
