Wilton, Iowa
| Wilton | |
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 In the center of Wilton |
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| Location in Iowa | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Iowa |
| Counties : |
Muscatine County Cedar County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 35 ′ N , 91 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,802 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 554.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.05 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 207 m |
| Postal code : | 52778 |
| Area code : | +1 563 |
| FIPS : | 19-86070 |
| GNIS ID : | 465185 |
| Website : | www.wiltoniowa.org |
| Mayor : | Ira Bowman |
 Wilton Town Hall |
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Wilton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Muscatine County and a small part in Cedar County in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 Wilton had 2,802 inhabitants.
geography
Wilton is located in eastern Iowa, about 3 miles east of the Cedar River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Iowa River . This forms the border between Iowa and Illinois around 20 km south . The intersection of the three states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin is about 130 km north-northeast of Wilton, the border with Missouri runs around 160 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Wilton are 41 ° 35'20 "north latitude and 91 ° 01'01" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.05 km² and is located in the Wilton and Moscow Townships of Muscatine Counties and a small part in the Sugar Creek Township of Cedar Counties.
Neighboring towns to Wilton are Bennett (20.1 km north-northeast), Durant (9.3 km east), Muscatine (21.2 km south), Moscow (7.1 km west-southwest), Atalissa (14.8 km in the same direction ) and Tipton (28.2 km northwest).
Iowa City is 31 miles west. The closest major cities are Cedar Rapids (92 km northwest), Rochester , Minnesota (358 km northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (493 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (294 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (223 km east-northeast), Chicago in Illinois (314 km east), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (41 km east-southeast), St. Louis in Missouri (433 km south), Kansas City in Missouri (535 km southwest), Iowa's capital Des Moines (230 km west) and Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (452 km in the same direction).
traffic
The US Highway 6 into a north-south direction as the main road through Wilton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS), a Class II railway company for regional freight traffic , runs through the city of Wilton in a west-east direction .
The nearest airport is Cedar Rapids - Eastern Iowa Airport (83.8 km west-northwest).
population
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1317 | - | |
| 1880 | 1431 | 8.7% | |
| 1890 | 1212 | -15.3% | |
| 1900 | 1233 | 1.7% | |
| 1910 | 1157 | -6.2% | |
| 1920 | 1178 | 1.8% | |
| 1930 | 1104 | -6.3% | |
| 1940 | 1146 | 3.8% | |
| 1950 | 1446 | 26.2% | |
| 1960 | 1750 | 21% | |
| 1970 | 1873 | 7% | |
| 1980 | 2502 | 33.6% | |
| 1990 | 2577 | 3% | |
| 2000 | 2829 | 9.8% | |
| 2010 | 2802 | -1 % | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Wilton had 2,802 people in 1,155 households. The population density was 554.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1155 households there were statistically 2.43 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,202 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,142. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Wilton - City Offices & City Council.Retrieved October 8, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 8, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 8, 2014
- ^ State Data Center of Iowa. Retrieved October 8, 2014
