Seymour, Iowa
| Seymour | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1874 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Wayne County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 41 ′ N , 93 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 701 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 115.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.09 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 327 m |
| Postal code : | 52590 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-71760 |
| GNIS ID : | 461518 |
Seymour is a city (with the status " City ") in Wayne County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Seymour had 701 inhabitants, the number of which increased slightly to 706 by 2013.
geography
Seymour is located in southern Iowa, 11 km north of the border with the neighboring state of Missouri . The border with Nebraska visual Missouri River flows some 250 km to the west; about 170 km east of the Mississippi forms the border between Iowa and Illinois .
The geographical coordinates of Seymour are 40 ° 40'57 "north latitude and 93 ° 07'16" west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.09 km² and is the largest town within the Walnut Township .
Neighboring towns to Seymour are Plano (14.2 km northeast), Numa (12.7 km east), Cincinnati (14.1 km southeast), Allerton (14.2 km west) and Corydon (23.8 km west-northwest).
The closest major cities are Iowa's capital city of Des Moines (139 km north-northwest), Iowa City (224 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (262 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (295 km east-northeast), Peoria , Illinois (358 km east), Illinois' capital Springfield (376 km east-southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (426 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (269 km south-southwest), Nebraska's capital Lincoln (336 km west), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (301 km west-northwest) and Sioux City (444 km northwest).
traffic
County Roads J 46 and S 60 meet in Seymour. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) runs through Seymour .
With the Corydon Airport there is a small airfield 17 km northwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (136 km north-northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 501 | - | |
| 1890 | 1058 | 111.2% | |
| 1900 | 1703 | 61% | |
| 1910 | 2290 | 34.5% | |
| 1920 | 1746 | -23.8% | |
| 1930 | 1571 | -10% | |
| 1940 | 1539 | -2% | |
| 1950 | 1223 | -20.5% | |
| 1960 | 1117 | -8.7% | |
| 1970 | 931 | -16.7% | |
| 1980 | 1036 | 11.3% | |
| 1990 | 869 | -16.1% | |
| 2000 | 810 | -6.8% | |
| 2010 | 701 | -13.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 706 | 0.7% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Seymour had 701 people in 295 households. The population density was 115.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 295 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white and 0.4 percent Asian; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,018 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,561. 24.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 30, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 30, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Corydon Airport Accessed on January 30, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2015