Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny City Hall Ankeny City Hall Official seal of Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny, Iowa is positioned in the US Ankeny, Iowa - Ankeny, Iowa Website City of Ankeny Ankeny is a town/city in Polk County, Iowa, United States.
The populace was 45,562 in the 2010 census, an increase of 68% from the 27,117 populace in the 2000 census. It is part of the Des Moines West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is one of the most well-to-do metros/cities in all of Iowa.
Map of the Ankeny region from 1908, showing the barns s and coal mines (red) of the region.
Ankeny was established by John and Sarah Ankeny in 1875 and was incorporated on February 28, 1903. A barns link from Des Moines through Ankeny to Ames was instead of in 1874 and passenger service established in 1880. Coal quarrying became an meaningful activity in the Ankeny region in the early 20th century.
The Anderson Coal Company sank a shaft 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Ankeny in 1908.
Enterprise, 4 miles (6 km) east of Ankeny, was the business town of the Enterprise Coal Company, with two large mines opened in 1903 and 1907. In 1914, the Enterprise Coal Company produced over 100,000 tons of coal, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state. In 1912, United Mine Workers Local 2476 in Ankeny had 246 members, over half of the total populace at the time, and Local 2511 in Enterprise had 395 members. Ankeny started off as just one square mile, and just 445 citizens .
After the war, Deere & Company purchased the plant for its Des Moines Works, while Iowa State University used the remainder of the territory for its research farm.
In June 2005 ISU sold the territory to the town/city of Ankeny, which plans to precarious it into a mixed-use evolution known as "Prairie Trail." Ankeny Iowa 2008 - 0104 Welcome Sign.JPG According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 29.33 square miles (75.96 km2), all of it land. In 1940 Ankeny had a populace of 779, but its populace began to expanded with the rest of the Des Moines suburbs after World War II. The 2010 census of 45,582 makes Ankeny the third-largest town/city in Polk County, behind Des Moines and West Des Moines.
The City of Ankeny reached a populace of over 50,000 in 2014. It is one of the most well-to-do metros/cities in the state of Iowa, with a GDP per capita of $48,143 (the average Iowa GPD per capita being $25,335).
Sign outside Northview Middle School (formerly the Ankeny High School building) listing athletic achievements Sign outside Northview Middle School (formerly the Ankeny High School building) listing athletic achievements Major employers in Ankeny include the Ankeny Community School District, Des Moines Area Community College, Deere & Company's Des Moines Works, Perishable Distributors of Iowa (a Hy-Vee subsidiary), Tone's Spices, Casey's General Stores, the City of Ankeny, Sysco Food Services of Iowa, Praxair, and Mrs.
In December 2008 the town/city received consideration from news organizations athwart the United States when it was revealed that Tone's Spices had donated 18,000 lbs of expired garlic salt for use in melting ice and snow on its roadways. In 2008, Ankeny was recognized as one of the top ten suburbs for families by Family Circle. In 2009, Ankeny was ranked No.
Ankeny Centennial High School Jaguars 10th 12th Grades Ankeny High School Hawks/Hawkettes 10th 12th Grades Ankeny Christian Academy Eagles Preschool 12th Grade The Ankeny Community School District consists of ten elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools.
The Ankeny Community School District is positioned in Polk County, Iowa, in the heart of the State of Iowa.
Six miles from the capitol town/city of Des Moines, the district: Has been one of the fastest-growing school districts in Iowa for more than a decade, averaging expansion of 365 students annually for the last ten years Ankeny Christian Academy is a private Preschool-12th undertaking school.
In December 2010, the Diocese of Des Moines announced a new church to be assembled that will include a school on the side of the improve on NW Weigel Drive, just north of West 5th St.
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