West Bend, Iowa
| West Bend | |
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 Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Palo Alto County Kossuth County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 57 ′ N , 94 ° 26 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 755 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 326.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.31 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 363 m |
| Postal code : | 50597 |
| Area code : | +1 515 |
| FIPS : | 19-83550 |
| GNIS ID : | 465615 |
| Website : | www.westbendiowa.com |
| Mayor : | Marilyn protection |
 Grotto of the Redemption , a Catholic pilgrimage site listed in the NRHP since 2001 |
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West Bend is a small town (with the status " City ") in Palo Alto County and to a lesser extent in Kossuth County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 West Bend had 785 residents, the number that had decreased to 755 by 2016.
geography
West Bend is located in northern Iowa a few kilometers east of the Des Moines River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .
The intersections of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota and the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska on the Missouri are 231 km west-northwest and 214 km west-southwest of West Bend.
The geographic coordinates of West Bend are 42 ° 57 '25 "north latitude and 94 ° 26' 28" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.31 km² and is distributed over the West Bend Township of Palo Alto County and the Garfield Township of Kossuth County.
Neighboring towns to West Bend are Whittemore (13.2 km north-northeast), Hobarton (25.5 km northeast), Ottosen (12.4 km southeast), Bradgate (25.4 km south), Rolfe (15.1 km south-southwest), Plover (14 miles southwest), Mallard (13 miles west), and Rodman (15 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) (313 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (261 km northeast), Cedar Rapids (316 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (214 km southeast), Kansas City in Missouri (477 km south), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (299 km south-southwest), Sioux City (200 km west-southwest) and South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls (244 km west-northwest).
history
Two buildings in the village are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 15, 2018), the Grotto of the Redemption and the First Presbyterian Church .
traffic
The Iowa Highway 15 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through the city of West Bend. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad used for freight traffic runs in a north-west-south-east direction through the urban area.
With the Algona Municipal Airport there is a small aerodrome for general aviation located 28 km northeast . The nearest commercial airports are Des Moines International Airport (220 km southeast), Eppley Airfield in Omaha (292 km south-southwest), Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City (216 km west-southwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (258 km west-northwest).
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 325 | - | |
| 1900 | 538 | 65.5% | |
| 1910 | 679 | 26.2% | |
| 1920 | 969 | 42.7% | |
| 1930 | 634 | -34.6% | |
| 1940 | 737 | 16.2% | |
| 1950 | 772 | 4.7% | |
| 1960 | 910 | 17.9% | |
| 1970 | 865 | -4.9% | |
| 1980 | 941 | 8.8% | |
| 1990 | 862 | -8.4% | |
| 2000 | 834 | -3.2% | |
| 2010 | 785 | -5.9% | |
| 2016 estimate | 755 | -3.8% | |
| 1890-2000 2010-2015 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , West Bend had 785 people in 360 households. The population density was 339.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.07 people lived in each of the 360 households.
The racial the population was 99.1 percent white. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
18.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 31.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was in 2015 at 44,766 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,040. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ West Bend - City Government. Retrieved October 10, 2017
- ↑ NPGallery Digital Asset Management System - No. 00001679 Retrieved October 10, 2017
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 10, 2017
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 10, 2017
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 15, 2018.
- ↑ AirNav.com - Algona Municipal Airport Accessed on October 10, 2017
- ↑ State Data Center of Iowa (PDF; 86 KB). Retrieved October 10, 2017
