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Monroe County, Iowa
Monroe County is a County (United States), county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In the early 20th century, it was a center of bituminous coal mining and in 1910 had a population of more than 25,000. As mining declined, people moved elsewhere for work. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 7,577. The county seat is Albia, Iowa, Albia. The county, originally called Kishkekosh County after a famous chief of the Meskwaki, was renamed for James Monroe, fifth List of presidents of the United States, President of the United States. History The county had a sizable Welsh Americans, Welsh American community at the turn of the 20th century. According to the 1900 census, 83.8% of the Welsh Americans in the country worked in coal mining. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Route 34 in Iowa, U.S. Highway 34 * Iowa Highway 5 * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Iowa)
The Monroe County Courthouse in Albia, Iowa, United States, was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. In 1985 it was listed as a contributing property in the Albia Square and Central Commercial Historic District. The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration. History Monroe County, Iowa, Monroe County was originally called Kishkekosh County, and its first courthouse was a log structure built in 1846. It featured a half-story sized room above the courtroom for jury deliberations. It was torn down in 1860 and replaced by a Tudor Revival architecture, Tudor Revival-style building in the town park. The new building was ordered by Judge James Hilt, who ran the county from 1851 to 1861. There was considerable opposition to the new courthouse, and a local newspaper said that Judge Hilton chose the worse of the two proposed desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Highway 137
Iowa Highway 137 (Iowa 137) is a state highway in southern Iowa. The route begins at Iowa 5 in Albia and ends at U.S. Highway 63 (US 63) and Iowa 163 in Eddyville. The highway was designated in the 1930s after US 63 was rerouted. Route description Iowa 137 begins at a Y intersection with Iowa 5 on the north side of Albia. From Albia, it travels north for before turning northeast towards Eddyville. Just south of Eddyville, the highway crosses the Des Moines River. The highway ends at an interchange with US 63 and Iowa 163 on Eddyville's southeast corner. History Iowa 137 was designated in 1934 to replace a segment of Iowa 59 that was not subsumed into US 63. Previously, US 63's northern end was in Des Moines, but it was shifted that year to follow Iowa 59 north of Oskaloosa. For 63 years, the route of Iowa 137 remained largely unchanged; it ran for between Albia and Oskaloosa. In 1997, US& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovilia, Iowa
Lovilia is a city in Monroe County, Iowa, Monroe County, Iowa, United States. The population was 472 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Lovilla was laid out in 1853. Coal was known north and south of Lovilia in the early 1900s, and there were scattered "country mines" in the area. On March 30, 1953, there was a dust explosion at the O'Brien Mine, a coal mine near Lovilia. Two men, including the mine foreman, were in the mine to fire the black-powder shots at the end of the work shift. Both were killed in the blast. Volunteers from Lovilia went into the mine and brought out the bodies, and then the owner of the O'Brien mine, along with three officials of a nearby mine and an employee went underground to investigate. Of the five, only two survived; the others were overcome by bad air. The ensuing investigation determined that the dust explosion was caused by a blow-out in two of the blasted holes. A blow-out occurs when the force of the explos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddyville, Iowa
Eddyville is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, Mahaska, Monroe County, Iowa, Monroe, and Wapello County, Iowa, Wapello counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 970 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History ''Circa'' 1839, a Sauk people, Sauk village was established on this site following the end of the Black Hawk War. The village was referred to by the name of its chief, Chief Hard Fish, or Wish-e-co-ma-que.s:Page:History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Volume 3.djvu/486, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Volume 3 In 1840 or 1841, before Iowa became a state, Jabish P. Eddy was permitted to open a trading post in Hard Fish's village. It was a place for trade with the Indians and for pioneers to provision and ford the Des Moines River. In 1842, the area was obtained as part of the Sac and Fox treaty of 1842, New Purchase and the Sauk moved up river. J.P. Edd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poverty Line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for the average adult.Poverty Lines – Martin Ravallion, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, London: Palgrave Macmillan The cost of housing, such as the renting, rent for an apartment, usually makes up the largest proportion of this estimate, so economists track the real estate market and other housing cost indicators as a major influence on the poverty line. Individual factors are often used to account for various circumstances, such as whether one is a parent, elderly, a child, married, etc. The poverty threshold may be adjusted annually. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed country, developed countries than in developi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of statistics. This term is used mostly in connection with Population and housing censuses by country, national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include Census of agriculture, censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications, and other useful information to coordinate international practices. The United Nations, UN's Food ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas County, Iowa
Lucas County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,634. The county seat is Chariton, Iowa, Chariton. The county was formed in 1846 and was named for Robert Lucas (governor), Robert Lucas, a Governor of the Territory. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Route 34 in Iowa, U.S. Highway 34 * U.S. Route 65 in Iowa, U.S. Highway 65 * Iowa Highway 14 Adjacent counties *Warren County, Iowa, Warren County (northwest) *Marion County, Iowa, Marion County (northeast) *Monroe County, Iowa, Monroe County (east) *Wayne County, Iowa, Wayne County (south) *Clarke County, Iowa, Clarke County (west) Demographics 2020 census The 2020 census recorded a population of 8,634 in the county, with a population density of . 96.75% of the population reported being of one race. 92.76% were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appanoose County, Iowa
Appanoose County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,317. Its county seat is Centerville. History Appanoose County was formed on February 17, 1843, from open territory. It was named for the Meskwaki Chief Appanoose, who did not engage in war against Black Hawk, advocating peace. The present county seat was formerly called Chaldea, and was later renamed to Senterville in honor of Congressman William Tandy Senter of Tennessee. In April 1848, the courthouse, constructed at the expense of $160, was put into use and served as such until 1857. The second courthouse was opened in 1864, and was burned down to the first floor during an explosive Fourth of July fireworks demonstration. The third courthouse was dedicated on May 21, 1903, and remains in use. In the summer of 1832 a company of cavalry set out from Davenport on a reconnaissance which extended as far west as Fort Leavenworth. They passed through what would become Appanoos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
