Vinton, Iowa
| Vinton | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1849 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Benton County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 10 ′ N , 92 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
5,257 (as of 2010) 257,940 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 420.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.51 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 240 m |
| Postal code : | 52349 |
| Area code : | +1 319 |
| FIPS : | 19-81210 |
| GNIS ID : | 462580 |
| Website : | www.vintoniowa.net |
| Mayor : | John Watson |
 School for the blind in Vinton |
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Vinton is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Vinton had 5,257 residents, the number that had decreased to 5,181 by 2013.
Vinton is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Cedar Rapids .
geography
Vinton is located in eastern Iowa on the right bank of the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Iowa River . This forms the border between Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois about 100 km east . The Iowa- Minnesota border runs about 160 km north and about 200 km south of the city is the border with Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Vinton are 42 ° 10'07 "north latitude and 92 ° 01'25" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 12.51 km².
Neighboring towns to Vinton are Brandon (11.5 miles north), Urbana (12.4 miles northeast), Center Point (17.4 miles east), Shellsburg (11.7 miles southeast), Newhall (15.5 miles southeast), Van Horne (23.6 km southwest), Garrison (12.5 km west southwest), Dysart (26.4 km west), Mount Auburn (14.1 km northwest), and La Porte City (27.6 km in the same direction ).
Vinton is between the towns of Cedar Rapids (45.1 km southeast) and Waterloo (51.8 km northwest). The nearest other major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (295 km east-northeast), Rockford , Illinois (295 km east), Chicago , Illinois (434 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (173 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (505 km south-southeast), Kansas City , Missouri (489 km south-southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (178 km west-southwest), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (401 km in the same direction), Sioux City (397 km west) , South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls (534 km west-northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (239 km northwest) and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (374 km in the same direction).
traffic
US Highway 218 and Iowa Highway 150 meet in downtown Vinton . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Iowa Northern Railway (IANR) railroad runs along the Cedar River through the city of Vinton.
The Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark is 6.6 km north of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Eastern Iowa Airport at Cedar Rapids (51.4 km southeast).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 2460 | - | |
| 1880 | 2960 | 20.3% | |
| 1890 | 2865 | -3.2% | |
| 1900 | 3499 | 22.1% | |
| 1910 | 3336 | -4.7% | |
| 1920 | 3381 | 1.3% | |
| 1930 | 3372 | -0.3% | |
| 1940 | 4163 | 23.5% | |
| 1950 | 4307 | 3.5% | |
| 1960 | 4781 | 11% | |
| 1970 | 4845 | 1.3% | |
| 1980 | 5040 | 4% | |
| 1990 | 5103 | 1.3% | |
| 2000 | 5102 | -0% | |
| 2010 | 5257 | 3% | |
| 2013 estimate | 5181 | -1.4% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Vinton had 5257 people in 2187 households. The population density was 420.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in 2187 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 51.435 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,185. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Adeline De Walt Reynolds (1862–1961) - actress - born in Vinton
- Bruce C. Heezen (1924–1977) - geologist - born in Vinton
- Sally Pederson (* 1951) - 45th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1999–2007) - born in Vinton
- Buren Sherman (1836–1904) - 12th Governor of Iowa (1882–1886) - lived in Vinton for most of his life and is buried here
- Albert C. Willford (1877–1937) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1933–1935) - born and raised in Vinton
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved October 15, 2014
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Vinton, Iowa ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 15, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 15, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Iowa City Municipal Airport Accessed on October 15, 2014
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 15, 2014
