Anamosa, Iowa Anamosa, Iowa Flag of Anamosa, Iowa Location of Anamosa, Iowa Location of Anamosa, Iowa Anamosa is a town/city in Jones County, Iowa, United States.
What is now Anamosa was established as the settlement of Buffalo Forks in 1838 and incorporated as Lexington in 1856. Lexington was a prominent name for suburbs at that time, so when Lexington chose to turn into incorporated as a town/city in 1877, the name was changed to Anamosa to avoid mail bringy confusion.
There are many stories on how Anamosa was chosen as a name.
Some believe it was titled for a small-town Native American girl titled Anamosa, meaning "white fawn", while the rest say it means "You walk with me." The romantic origin of the naming of the town of Anamosa comes from its early history.
The little girl, a Native American Princess, titled Anamosa, endeared herself to the townspeople and following the family's departure from town, small-town citizens decided to name their town after her. The Wapsipinicon River flows through Anamosa.
Anamosa was titled the Pumpkin Capital of Iowa by the Iowa State Legislature in 1993 and hosts Pumpkinfest, a pumpkin festival and weigh-off, each October. Anamosa was titled the last over-night town/city for RAGBRAI XL for 2012. Anamosa's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.108954, -91.281476. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.61 square miles (6.76 km2), of which, 2.60 square miles (6.73 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. The Wapsipinicon River runs through the town/city of Anamosa.
Anamosa is part of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the census of 2010, there were 5,533 citizens , 1,941 homeholds, and 1,163 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.1% White, 6.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,941 homeholds of which 30.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.1% were non-families.
19.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.8% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,494 citizens , 1,750 homeholds, and 1,135 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.70% White, 6.06% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.69% from other competitions, and 1.33% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,750 homeholds out of which 30.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families.
Age spread: 19.7% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 7.1% of families and 8.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.
Anamosa State Penitentiary Anamosa is home to the Anamosa State Penitentiary, formerly known as the Iowa Men's Reformatory, a medium/maximum security prison that is the biggest in Iowa, housing over 1,200 male inmates.
Anamosa State Penitentiary was home to continuing criminal John Wayne Gacy. It was established in 1872 and constructed from locally quarried Anamosa Limestone in the style of a castle, inspiring its nickname as "The White Palace of the West".
The prison grounds also home the Anamosa State Penitenitiary Museum, which contains artifacts and exhibits on prison life from throughout its history.
The unincorporated town of Stone City is positioned a several miles northwest of Anamosa and was the locale for some of Grant Wood's paintings.
Wapsipinicon State Park is positioned on the southwest edge of the city.
The Iowa Army National Guard flew the three spans of the Hale Bridge from the Olin/Hale staging areas to the new home athwart the Wapsipinicon River at the Wapsipinicon State Park in Anamosa, Iowa by helicopter. Controversy arose in Anamosa in the 2000s over the redistricting of election wards in the city.
Because the boundaries of the city's four wards were drawn to encompass equal numbers of residents, and because the inmates of the Anamosa State Penitentiary who are ineligible to vote were counted among the populace of the second ward, the voting populace of the second ward was decidedly lesser than that of any of the other three wards.
Consequently, the power of each vote in the second ward was much greater than the power of a vote in any of the city's other wards. In 2007, town/city residents voted to end the fitness of wards; since 2008, all town/city council elections have been at-large. Edmund Booth- Deaf Pioneer who helped establish the town of Anamosa and served as editor for the Anamosa Eureka.
Robert Mc - Clain Corbit History of Jones County, Iowa: past and present, Volume 1 S.
History of Jones County: Past & Present, Iowa By Robert Mc - Clain Corbit, Chicago:S.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Voters Eliminate Wards in Anamosa Election Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine..
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