Spirit Lake, Iowa
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1878 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Dickinson County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 25 ′ N , 95 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,840 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 556.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 449 m |
| Postal code : | 51360 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-74415 |
| GNIS ID : | 461851 |
| Website : | www.cityofspiritlake.org |
| Mayor : | Bruce Keenan |
 Map of the Iowa Great Lakes with Spirit Lake in the center |
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Spirit Lake is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Dickinson County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Spirit Lake had 4,840 residents, which increased to 4,952 by 2013.
geography
Spirit Lake is located on the west bank of East Okoboji Lake in the middle of the Iowa Great Lakes region in northwestern Iowa. The state line to Minnesota is about 6 miles north of the city, with South Dakota starting 122 km to the west.
Spirit Lake is located at 43 ° 25'23 "north latitude and 95 ° 6'15" west longitude and extends over an area of 8.7 km². The urban area is mostly in the Center Grove Township , but also extends to smaller parts in the Spirit Lake and the Lakeville Township .
Neighboring towns are Orleans (4.2 km northeast), Arnolds Park (7 km south), Okoboji (7.4 km southwest) and Triboji Beach (5.8 km west).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (290 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (267 km east-northeast), Waterloo (319 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids (416 km in the same direction), Iowas Capital Des Moines (324 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (343 km south-southwest), Sioux City (178 km southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (136 km west-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 71 runs northeast to southwest through Spirit Lake and meets Iowa Highway 9 in the northeast of the city . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Spirit Lake Municipal Airport is located 6.7 km south-west a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (279 km northeast), Des Moines International Airport (317 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (286 km south-southwest), and Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (191 km southwest ) and the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (145 km west).
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 76 | - | |
| 1880 | 277 | 264.5% | |
| 1890 | 782 | 182.3% | |
| 1900 | 1219 | 55.9% | |
| 1910 | 1162 | -4.7% | |
| 1920 | 1701 | 46.4% | |
| 1930 | 1778 | 4.5% | |
| 1940 | 2161 | 21.5% | |
| 1950 | 2467 | 14.2% | |
| 1960 | 2685 | 8.8% | |
| 1970 | 3014 | 12.3% | |
| 1980 | 3976 | 31.9% | |
| 1990 | 3872 | -2.6% | |
| 2000 | 4261 | 10% | |
| 2010 | 4840 | 13.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 4952 | 2.3% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Spirit Lake had 4,840 people in 2,157 households. The population density was 556.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in 2157 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 56,198 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,331. 10.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Berkley Bedell (1921–2019) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1975–1987) - lived in Spirit Lake since he was born
- James I. Dolliver (1894–1978) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1945–1957) - retired at Spirit Lake
- Harry E. Narey (1885–1962) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1942–1943) - always lived and is buried in Spirit Lake
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Spirit Lake - Elected Officials. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 6, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 6, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Spirit Lake Municipal Airport Retrieved on January 6, 2015
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 kB) Retrieved January 6, 2015