Tipton, Iowa
| Tipton | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1840 (settled) 1857 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Cedar County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 46 ′ N , 91 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,221 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 595.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.41 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 251 m |
| Postal code : | 52772 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-78285 |
| GNIS ID : | 462257 |
| Website : | www.tiptoniowa.org |
Tipton is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Cedar County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Tipton had 3221 inhabitants.
geography
Tipton is located in eastern Iowa, about 45 km north-west of the border of Iowa to Illinois forming Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin is around 110 km northeast of Tipton, the border with Missouri runs around 170 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Tipton are 41 ° 46'11 "north latitude and 91 ° 07'41" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.41 km² and is located in the Center Township .
Neighboring towns of Tipton are Stanwood (9 miles north), Clarence (12 miles northeast), Bennett (10 miles east-southeast), Rochester (8 miles south), Cedar Valley (8 miles southwest), West Branch (16 miles in the same direction), Cedar Bluff (10 miles west), and Mechanicsville (15 miles northwest).
Iowa City is 25 miles west-southwest. The closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (62.3 km northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (332 km northwest), the Twin Cities , Minnesota (471 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (263 km northeast), Chicago , Illinois ( 322 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (62 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (436 km south), Kansas City , Missouri (530 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (224 km west), and Nebraskas largest city of Omaha (447 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Iowa Highway 38 leading into a north-south direction by Tipton and meets in the city center at the western terminus of the Iowa Highway 130 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Mathews Memorial Airport is a small airfield on the southwestern outskirts. The nearest commercial airport is Cedar Rapids - Eastern Iowa Airport (35 miles west-northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 252 | - | |
| 1860 | 1190 | 372.2% | |
| 1870 | 1246 | 4.7% | |
| 1880 | 1299 | 4.3% | |
| 1890 | 1599 | 23.1% | |
| 1900 | 2513 | 57.2% | |
| 1910 | 2048 | -18.5% | |
| 1920 | 2142 | 4.6% | |
| 1930 | 2145 | 0.1% | |
| 1940 | 2518 | 17.4% | |
| 1950 | 2633 | 4.6% | |
| 1960 | 2862 | 8.7% | |
| 1970 | 2877 | 0.5% | |
| 1980 | 3055 | 6.2% | |
| 1990 | 2998 | -1.9% | |
| 2000 | 3155 | 5.2% | |
| 2010 | 3221 | 2.1% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Tipton had 3,221 people in 1,394 households. The population density was 595.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 1394 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,974 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,975. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- John Parsons Cook (1817–1872) - Whig - MP in the US House of Representatives (1853–1855) - practiced as a lawyer in Tipton for several years
- Robert G. Cousins (1859–1933) - Republican MP in the US House of Representatives (1893–1909) - born, raised and buried in Tipton
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara (1895–1975) - Republican MP in the US House of Representatives (1941–1959) - was born and raised in Tipton
- Howard C. Shober (1859-1956) - eighth lieutenant governor of South Dakota (1907-1911) - born in Tipton
- William P. Wolf (1833–1896) - Republican MP in the US House of Representatives (1870–1871) - lived in Tipton from 1856 until his death
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder , Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on October 6, 2014.
- ↑ AirNav.com - Mathews Memorial Airport , Accessed on October 6, 2014.
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa , Retrieved October 6, 2014.
