Stuart (Iowa)

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Stuart
Hotel Stuart in Stuart
Hotel Stuart in Stuart
Location in Iowa
Adair County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Stuart Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1850 as Summit Grove
State : United States
State : Iowa
Counties : Adair County
Guthrie County
Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 94 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,648 (as of 2010)
Population density : 246.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.68 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 369 m
Postal code : 50250
Area code : +1 515
FIPS : 19-75990
GNIS ID : 462041
Website : www.stuartia.com
Mayor : Dick Cook
Historic All SaintsChurch01.jpg
All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart before it was destroyed by arson in 1995

Stuart is a small town (with the status " City ") in Adair County and in Guthrie County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Stuart had 1648 inhabitants.

geography

Stuart is located in the central southwest of Iowa, around 140 km east of the Missouri River , which forms the border with Nebraska . The border with the neighboring state of Missouri to the south is about 110 km from Stuart.

The geographical coordinates of Stuart are 41 ° 30'12 "north latitude and 94 ° 19'07" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​6.68 km² and is two-thirds part of the Lincoln Township of Adair County and one third of the Stuart Township of Guthrie County.

Stuart's neighbors are Linden (20.4 km north-northeast), Redfield (20 km northeast), Dexter (8.2 km east) and Menlo (7.8 km west-northwest).

The closest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (40 miles east-northeast), Kansas City in Missouri (307 km south) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (161 km west-southwest).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 80 , which is the shortest route from Omaha to Des Moines, running in east-west direction through the south of Stuart. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for freight traffic runs through the urban area of ​​Stuart in a west-east direction.

With the Greenfield Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 33 km southwest. The nearest commercial airport is Des Moines International Airport (70 km east).

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1994 -
1890 2052 2.9%
1900 2079 1.3%
1910 1826 -12.2%
1920 1716 -6%
1930 1626 -5.2%
1940 1611 -0.9%
1950 1500 -6.9%
1960 1486 -0.9%
1970 1354 -8.9%
1980 1650 21.9%
1990 1522 -7.8%
2000 1712 12.5%
2010 1648 -3.7%
1880-2010

According to the 2010 census , Stuart had 1,648 people in 667 households. The population density was 246.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 667 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,153  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,815. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. City of Stuart - City Council.Retrieved September 18, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 18, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Greenfield Municipal Airport Accessed on September 18, 2014
  5. ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved September 18, 2014

Web links

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