Wheatland, Iowa
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 Wheatland Water Tower |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1858 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| County : | Clinton County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 50 ′ N , 90 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 764 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 486.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.57 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 210 m |
| Postal code : | 52777 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-84945 |
| GNIS ID : | 462960 |
| Website : | www.cityofwheatland.org |
| Mayor : | Virgil Noel |
Wheatland is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clinton County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa . In 2010 Wheatland had 764 inhabitants.
geography
Wheatland lies at 41 ° 49'54 "north latitude and 90 ° 50'18" west longitude and extends over 1.57 km². The place is 3.2 km west of the Wapsipinicon River , a right tributary of the Mississippi . This is about 55 km to the east and forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border runs approximately 90 km north. Wheatland is the center of Spring Rock Township in the extreme southwest of Clinton County.
Neighboring places to Wheatland are Lowden (9 km west-northwest), Toronto (9.1 km north) and Calamus (8 km east).
The closest major cities are Dubuque (93.2 km north), Rockford , Illinois (199 km east-northeast), the Quad Cities (47.8 km southwest), and Cedar Rapids (79.1 km west-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 30 runs along the southern outskirts of Wheatland in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to Highway 30 .
The nearest airports are Maquoketa Municipal Airport, 35.7 km northeast, and Clinton Municipal Airport , 46.6 km east ; the nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 60 km southeast .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 788 | - | |
| 1880 | 616 | -21.8% | |
| 1890 | 569 | -7.6% | |
| 1900 | 475 | -16.5% | |
| 1910 | 539 | 13.5% | |
| 1920 | 549 | 1.9% | |
| 1930 | 539 | -1.8% | |
| 1940 | 535 | -0.7% | |
| 1950 | 568 | 6.2% | |
| 1960 | 643 | 13.2% | |
| 1970 | 832 | 29.4% | |
| 1980 | 840 | 1 % | |
| 1990 | 723 | -13.9% | |
| 2000 | 772 | 6.8% | |
| 2010 | 764 | -1 % | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Wheatland had 764 people in 294 households. The population density was 486.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 294 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 44,722 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,297. 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 16, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 13, 2012
- ^ Iowa Data Center (PDF; 84 kB) Retrieved June 13, 2012
