Toledo, Iowa
| Toledo | |
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 In the center of Toledo |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1866 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Tama County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 0 ′ N , 92 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,341 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 392.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.96 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 275 m |
| Postal code : | 52342 |
| Area code : | +1 641 |
| FIPS : | 19-78510 |
| GNIS ID : | 462271 |
| Website : | www.toledoia.com |
| Mayor : | Dave Svoboda |
 The Tama County Courthouse in Toledo, built in 1867, listed in the NRHP since 1981 |
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Toledo is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Tama County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , Toledo had 2,341 inhabitants, which decreased to 2,276 by 2013.
geography
Toledo is located in the middle east of Iowa on Deer Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . This forms the border with Illinois around 170 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 180 km north; Missouri's northern border is around 170 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Toledo are 41 ° 59'44 "north latitude and 92 ° 34'37" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 5.96 km² and forms the center of the Toledo Township .
Meskwaki Settlement , the settlement area of the officially recognized by the US government Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa , part of the Sauk and Fox , begins 2 km west of the city. Further neighboring towns of Toledo are Clutier (23.3 km northeast), Vining (22.3 km east), Chelsea (20.9 km east-southeast), Tama (on the southern city limits), Montour (13.4 km west), Le Grand (16.9 km in the same direction) and Garwin (18.4 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Rochester , Minnesota (250 km north), Waterloo (68.9 km north-northeast), Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois (203 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids (79.6 km east), Iowa's former capital, Iowa City (110 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (201 km in the same direction), Columbia in Missouri (390 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (416 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (109 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (331 km west-southwest), Sioux City (369 km west-northwest) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and St. Paul ) in Minnesota (375 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 30 , which has been converted into a freeway, runs in a west-east direction through the south of the urban area of Toledo and crosses US Highway 63 at the height of the city center . This runs in north-south direction as the main street through the center of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Toledo Municipal Airport is located three km east of the city center, a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airports are Waterloo Regional Airport (74 km northeast), Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport (81 km east) and Des Moines International Airport (118 km west southwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 888 | - | |
| 1880 | 1026 | 15.5% | |
| 1890 | 1836 | 78.9% | |
| 1900 | 1941 | 5.7% | |
| 1910 | 1626 | -16.2% | |
| 1920 | 1604 | -1.4% | |
| 1930 | 1825 | 13.8% | |
| 1940 | 2073 | 13.6% | |
| 1950 | 2106 | 1.6% | |
| 1960 | 2417 | 14.8% | |
| 1970 | 2361 | -2.3% | |
| 1980 | 2455 | 4% | |
| 1990 | 2380 | -3.1% | |
| 2000 | 2539 | 6.7% | |
| 2010 | 2341 | -7.8% | |
| 2013 estimate | 2276 | -2.8% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Toledo had 2,341 people in 901 households. The population density was 392.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 901 households there were statistically 2.43 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 83.5 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 5.8 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 4.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.4 percent of the population.
27.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,017 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,279. 23.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Donald Hayworth (1898–1982) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1855–1857) - born in Toledo
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Toledo.Retrieved March 22, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 22, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 22, 2015
- ^ Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 22, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Toledo Municipal Airport Accessed on March 22, 2015
- ^ Iowa Data Center. Retrieved March 22, 2015
