Rockford, Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1878 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Floyd County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 3 ′ N , 92 ° 57 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 860 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 527.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.63 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 306 m |
| Postal code : | 50468 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-68070 |
| GNIS ID : | 460752 |
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Rockford is a small town (with the status " City ") in Floyd County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Rockford had 860 residents, the number of which decreased to 848 by 2013.
geography
Rockford is located in northeastern Iowa at the confluence of the Winnebago River with the Shell Rock River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Cedar River and the Iowa River . The border with Minnesota runs about 50 km north, while the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin about 160 km east .
The geographical coordinates of Rockford are 43 ° 03'08 "north latitude and 92 ° 56'55" west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.63 km² and is the largest town in Rockford Township .
Neighboring towns to Rockford are Rudd (11.7 km northeast), Charles City (14.8 km east), Marble Rock (15.6 km southeast), Greene (16 miles in the same direction), Dougherty (14.3 miles southwest ), Rockwell (10 miles west-southwest), and Nora Springs (15.2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (257 km north), Rochester in Minnesota (140 km north-northeast), La Crosse in Wisconsin (209 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (331 km east), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (233 km east-southeast), Waterloo (103 km southeast), Cedar Rapids (190 km in the same direction) and Iowa's capital Des Moines (203 km south-southwest).
traffic
US Highway 18 , which has been converted into a freeway, and Iowa State Highway 27 , which runs here on a shared stretch of road, pass Rockford around 8 km north. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In a northwest-southeast direction runs an Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) through the Rockford metropolitan area.
With the Mason City Municipal Airport (45 km west-northwest) and the Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (30 km east) are two small airfields in the area. The nearest commercial airport is Waterloo Regional Airport , 96 km south-southeast , from where there are feeder flights from several airlines to the major airports of Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 739 | - | |
| 1890 | 1010 | 36.7% | |
| 1900 | 1080 | 6.9% | |
| 1910 | 916 | -15.2% | |
| 1920 | 1031 | 12.6% | |
| 1930 | 996 | -3.4% | |
| 1940 | 1054 | 5.8% | |
| 1950 | 979 | -7.1% | |
| 1960 | 941 | -3.9% | |
| 1970 | 902 | -4.1% | |
| 1980 | 1012 | 12.2% | |
| 1990 | 863 | -14.7% | |
| 2000 | 907 | 5.1% | |
| 2010 | 860 | -5.2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 848 | -1.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Rockford had 860 people in 374 households. The population density was 527.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 374 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,667 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,089. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Robert James Waller (1939–2017) - author, photographer and musician, born and raised in Rockford
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 15, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 15, 2015
- ↑ Mason City Municipal Airport.Retrieved January 15, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Mason City Municipal Airport Accessed on January 15, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Northeast Iowa Regional Airport Accessed on January 15, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved January 15, 2015
