Schaller, Iowa
| Schaller | |
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 Schaller's main street |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 (created) 1882 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Sac County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 30 ′ N , 95 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 745 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 228.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.26 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 428 m |
| Postal code : | 51053 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-71085 |
| GNIS ID : | 465956 |
| Website : | cityofschaller.weebly.com |
| Mayor : | Spencer Claussen |
 Post office in Schaller |
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Schaller is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Sac County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Schaller had 772 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 745 by 2015.
geography
Schaller is located in the mid-northwest of Iowa on Halfway Creek , which is part of the Missouri catchment area via the Maple River and the Little Sioux River .
The geographical coordinates of Schaller are 42 ° 29'59 "north latitude and 95 ° 17'35" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.26 km² and is located in the Eureka Township .
Neighboring towns of Schaller are Alta (22 km north), Storm Lake (22.9 km northeast), Nemaha (19.2 km east), Early (20.4 km east-southeast) and Galva (11 km west).
The nearest major cities are Iowa's capital, Des Moines (250 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (444 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (187 km southwest), Sioux City (98.9 km west), South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (150 miles northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (404 miles northeast), and Cedar Rapids (340 miles east-southeast).
traffic
US Highway 20 runs from west to east about one kilometer south of Schaller . Iowa Highway 110 runs along the eastern outskirts in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Storm Lake Municipal Airport is located 14.5 km north-northeast a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (260 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (196 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (114 km west) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (247 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 333 | - | |
| 1900 | 661 | 98.5% | |
| 1910 | 646 | -2.3% | |
| 1920 | 731 | 13.2% | |
| 1930 | 724 | -1 % | |
| 1940 | 758 | 4.7% | |
| 1950 | 841 | 10.9% | |
| 1960 | 896 | 6.5% | |
| 1970 | 835 | -6.8% | |
| 1980 | 832 | -0.4% | |
| 1990 | 768 | -7.7% | |
| 2000 | 779 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 772 | -0.9% | |
| 2015 estimate | 745 | -3.5% | |
| 1890-2000 2010-2015 | |||
history
The town of Schaller was founded in 1879 with the construction of a railway station for North Western Transportation . The place named after the German immigrant Phillip Schaller was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1882. The city developed into a trading center for the surrounding farms, which were laid out by immigrants from the East and Europe after the construction of the railway. A small manufacturing industry for agricultural goods emerged in the 20th century. In the 1970s the railroad was shut down.
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 772 people in 318 households in Schaller. The population density was 228.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 318 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.5 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians, 0.3 percent Asian as well as 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 41,125 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,616. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Wayne D. Bennett (1927-2015), politician
Individual evidence
- ^ Schaller, Iowa - About. Retrieved November 10, 2016
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 10, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 10, 2016
- ↑ AirNav.com - Storm Lake Municipal Airport Accessed on November 10, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved November 10, 2016
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company: A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways 1908, p. 123.
