Sergeant Bluff
| Sergeant Bluff | |
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 Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2017 |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1852 (settled) 1904 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Woodbury County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 24 ′ N , 96 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
4,227 (status: 2010) 168,825 (status: 2010) |
| Population density : | 774.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.46 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 333 m |
| Postal code : | 51054 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-71625 |
| GNIS ID : | 461507 |
| Website : | cityofsergeantbluff.com |
| Mayor : | Jon Winkel |
Sergeant Bluff is a small town (with the status " City ") in Woodbury County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Sergeant Bluff had 4,227 residents, which increased to 4,326 by 2013.
Sergeant Bluff is located in the Sioux City Metropolitan Area , which stretches from Iowa to the neighboring states of South Dakota and Nebraska .
geography
Sergeant Bluff is located in western Iowa, 15.5 km southeast of the confluence of the Big Sioux River in the Missouri at the intersection of the three states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska .
The geographical coordinates of Sergeant Bluff are 42 ° 24'14 "north latitude and 96 ° 21'31" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.46 km² and is mostly in Woodbury Township . A small part of the urban area extends into the Liberty Township .
Sergeant Bluff is located directly on the southwestern city limits of Sioux City , the city center of which is 13 km north-northeast. Other neighboring towns are Lawton (22.7 km northeast), Bronson (13 km east), Salix (12.7 km southeast), Dakota City in Nebraska (13.3 km west) and South Sioux City in Nebraska (12.3 km northwest) .
The other larger cities closest to Sioux City are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (449 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (451 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (431 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (293 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (150 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (437 km in the same direction), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (209 km south-southwest), and South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (150 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 20 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a west-east direction along the southern city limits. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Sioux Gateway Airport is the nearest airport, 24 km southwest.
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 525 | - | |
| 1920 | 548 | 4.4% | |
| 1930 | 569 | 3.8% | |
| 1940 | 587 | 3.2% | |
| 1950 | 569 | -3.1% | |
| 1960 | 813 | 42.9% | |
| 1970 | 1164 | 43.2% | |
| 1980 | 2416 | 107.6% | |
| 1990 | 2772 | 14.7% | |
| 2000 | 3321 | 19.8% | |
| 2010 | 4227 | 27.3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 4326 | 2.3% | |
| 1910-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The name Sergeant Bluff comes from the Lewis and Clark expedition that explored the country along the Missouri. One participant, Sergeant Charles Floyd, fell ill and died here; his body was buried on a hill (en .: bluff ).
In 1830, the area east of the Missouri was bought from the local Indians and white colonization began. The present city was first permanently settled in 1852.
The settlement was known under the name Floyd's Bluff or Woodbury , until the current name Sergeant Bluff established itself as a postal address.
In 1904 the place was incorporated as an independent municipality.
population
According to the 2010 census , Sergeant Bluff had 4,227 people in 1,464 households. The population density was 774.2 people per square kilometer. In the 1464 households there were statistically 2.88 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.
32.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 81,368 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,952. 16.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William H. James (1831–1920) - second governor of Nebraska (1871–1873) - began his career as a lawyer in Sergeant Bluff
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Sergeant Bluff - Mayor.Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 17, 2015
- ↑ Sioux Gateway Airport.Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Sioux Gateway Airport Accessed on January 17, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ^ History of Sergeant Bluff.Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ city-data.com - Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Retrieved January 17, 2015