Sac City
| Sac City | |
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 In the center of Sac City |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 (created) 1874 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Sac County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 25 ′ N , 94 ° 59 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,144 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 167.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.77 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 371 m |
| Postal code : | 50583 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-69645 |
| GNIS ID : | 460882 |
| Mayor : | Scott Bundt |
 The Sac County Courthouse in Sac City, listed on the NRHP since 1981 |
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Sac City is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Sac County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Sac City had 2,220 residents, which decreased to 2,144 by 2015.
geography
Sac City is located in northwestern Iowa on North Raccoon River , which over the Raccoon River and the Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi belongs.
The geographical coordinates of Sac City are 42 ° 25'20 "north latitude and 94 ° 59'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 12.77 km² and forms the largest part of Jackson Township .
Neighboring towns to Sac City are Newell (20.8 km north), Fonda (29.6 km northeast), Lytton (10.8 km east), Yetter (14.5 km southeast), Auburn (28 km south-southeast), Lake View (17.5 km southwest), Wall Lake (25.1 km in the same direction), Odebolt (34.3 km southwest), Early (18.7 km west-northwest), and Nemaha (17.9 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (198 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (419 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (191 km southwest), Sioux City (134 km west), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls ( 276 km northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (414 km northeast) and Cedar Rapids (310 km east-southeast).
traffic
A few kilometers northeast of Sac City, US Highway 71 , which runs in a north-south direction, crosses US Highway 20, which runs from west to east . In the center of the city run subordinate streets, of which Main Street crosses the North Racoon River.
With the Sac City Municipal Airport there is a small airfield for general aviation located 5 km south-southwest . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (204 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (200 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (139 km west) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (277 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 156 | - | |
| 1880 | 595 | 281.4% | |
| 1890 | 1249 | 109.9% | |
| 1900 | 2079 | 66.5% | |
| 1910 | 2201 | 5.9% | |
| 1920 | 2630 | 19.5% | |
| 1930 | 2854 | 8.5% | |
| 1940 | 3165 | 10.9% | |
| 1950 | 3170 | 0.2% | |
| 1960 | 3354 | 5.8% | |
| 1970 | 3268 | -2.6% | |
| 1980 | 3000 | -8.2% | |
| 1990 | 2492 | -16.9% | |
| 2000 | 2368 | -5% | |
| 2010 | 2220 | -6.3% | |
| 2015 estimate | 2144 | -3.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
history
In 1855 the place was laid out according to plan and raised to the seat of the administration of the county of the same name. Nineteen years later, Sac City was incorporated as a City .
population
According to the 2010 census , Sac City had 2,220 people in 1,018 households. The population density was 167.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 1018 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.1 percent African American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.2 percent of the population.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,328 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,939. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Samuel Andrew Stouffer (1900–1960) - social psychologist and sociologist - born in Sac City
- Eric Swalwell (born 1980) - Member of the US House of Representatives since 2013 - born in Sac City
Individual evidence
- ^ Chamber - Main Street - City of Sac City. Retrieved November 9, 2016
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000268.Retrieved November 9, 2016
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 9, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 9, 2016
- ^ Sac City Municipal Airport.Retrieved November 9, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved November 9, 2016
- ^ History of Sac City, IA. Retrieved November 9, 2016
