Wall Lake
| Wall Lake | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1877 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Sac County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 16 ′ N , 95 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 795 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 249.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.19 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 382 m |
| Postal code : | 51466 |
| Area code : | +1 712 |
| FIPS : | 19-82020 |
| GNIS ID : | 462614 |
| Website : | walllake.com |
| Mayor : | Steve Druivenga |
Wall Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Sac County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , Wall Lake had 819 residents, which decreased to 795 by 2015.
geography
Wall Lake is located in central northwest Iowa west of the lake of the same name and about one kilometer east of the Boyer River , a left tributary of the Missouri .
The geographical coordinates of Wall Lake are 42 ° 16'16 "north latitude and 95 ° 05'35" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.19 km², mostly over the Levey Township and a smaller part over the Viola Township .
Neighboring towns to Wall Lake are Lake View (7.7 km northeast), Sac City (25.1 km in the same direction), Yetter (27.3 km east-northeast), Auburn (20 km east), Breda (19.6 km southeast), Westside (23 km south), Kiron (26.8 km southwest), Odebolt (19.7 km east-northeast) and Early (26.4 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Iowa's capital Des Moines (190 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (402 km south), Nebraska's largest city Omaha (165 km southwest), Sioux City (132 km west-northwest), South Dakota's largest city Sioux Falls ( 276 km northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (416 km northeast) and Cedar Rapids (312 km east-southeast).
traffic
Wall Lake is about two miles south of Iowa Highway 175, which runs east-west . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two Union Pacific Railroad lines run through the town .
With the Sac City Municipal Airport there is a small aerodrome for general aviation located 22 km to the northeast . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (196 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (158 km southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (121 km west) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (281 km northwest).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 208 | - | |
| 1890 | 439 | 111.1% | |
| 1900 | 659 | 50.1% | |
| 1910 | 561 | -14.9% | |
| 1920 | 737 | 31.4% | |
| 1930 | 749 | 1.6% | |
| 1940 | 762 | 1.7% | |
| 1950 | 753 | -1.2% | |
| 1960 | 812 | 7.8% | |
| 1970 | 936 | 15.3% | |
| 1980 | 892 | -4.7% | |
| 1990 | 875 | -1.9% | |
| 2000 | 841 | -3.9% | |
| 2010 | 819 | -2.6% | |
| 2015 estimate | 795 | -2.9% | |
| 1880-2000 2010-2015 | |||
population
As of the 2010 census , Wall Lake had 819 people in 335 households. The population density was 249.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 335 households.
Ethnically, with two exceptions, the population consisted only of whites.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 48.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.6 percent were 65 years or older. 54.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2014 at 46,635 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,304. 15.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Andy Williams (1927–2012) - pop singer and television entertainer - was born and raised in Wall Lake
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Council.Retrieved November 13, 2016
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2016
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 13, 2016
- ^ Sac City Municipal Airport.Retrieved November 13, 2016
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved November 13, 2016