Schleswig (Iowa)

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Schleswig
Crawford County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Schleswig Highlighted.svg
Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation : 1900 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Iowa
County : Crawford County
Coordinates : 42 ° 10 ′  N , 95 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 10 ′  N , 95 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 882 (as of 2010)
Population density : 260.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.39 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 458 m
Postal code : 51461
Area code : +1 712
FIPS : 19-71130
GNIS ID : 461464
Website : schleswigia.com
Mayor : Syd Winquist

Schleswig is a small town (with the status " City ") in Crawford County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Schleswig had 882 inhabitants, the number of which had increased to 901 by 2013.

geography

Schleswig is located in western Iowa, about 75 kilometers east of the border of Iowa to Nebraska forming Missouri . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota is 103 km to the northwest.

The geographic coordinates of Schleswig are 42 ° 09'55 "north latitude and 95 ° 26'13" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​3.39 km² and is mainly in the Otter Creek Township and a smaller part in the neighboring Morgan Township to the west .

Neighboring towns to Schleswig are Ida Grove (22.4 km north), Arthur (26.5 km north-northeast), Kiron (13 km east-northeast), Deloit (18.3 km southeast), Denison (20.4 km south-southeast), Charter Oak (15 miles southwest), Ricketts (10 miles west southwest), and Battle Creek (17 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (448 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (429 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (332 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (202 km east-southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (388 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (137 km south-southwest), Sioux City (104 km northwest), and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (240 km in the same direction).

traffic

The US Highway 59 runs north-south direction as the main road through the city of Schleswig. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Denison Municipal Airport is 23.7 km south of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (208 km east-southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (130 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (92.2 km west-northwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (246 km northwest ).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 233 -
1910 455 95.3%
1920 655 44%
1930 638 -2.6%
1940 628 -1.6%
1950 751 19.6%
1960 785 4.5%
1970 875 11.5%
1980 868 -0.8%
1990 851 -2%
2000 833 -2.1%
2010 882 5.9%
2013 estimate 901 2.2%
1900-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 882 people in 377 households in Schleswig. The population density was 260.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 377 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians and 4.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.9 percent of the population.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was at 48,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,641. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Schleswig - City Government. Accessed December 12, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 12, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 12, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Denison Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 12, 2014
  5. State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved December 12, 2014

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