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Atlantic, Iowa Atlantic, Iowa Location of Atlantic, Iowa Location of Atlantic, Iowa Gingery Log cabin, Atlantic, Iowa Atlantic is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Cass County, Iowa, United States, positioned along the East Nishnabotna River.
Atlantic, Iowa Rock Island Depot While historians cannot agree how Atlantic got its name, small-town legend tells that the beginning fathers estimated that the town was about halfway between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, so it led them to flip a coin and, clearly, Atlantic won.
This 14 by 18 foot log cabin was assembled by John Gingery in 1863 in what was called Five Mile Grove positioned two miles northeast of Atlantic.
The cabin was on the Gipple farm northeast of Atlantic when the Atlantic Rotary Club became interested in preserving and restoring it as the club's Bi-Centennial universal in 1976.
The Atlantic Soroptomists furnished the cabin much as it was originally furnished.
It was the hope of the Atlantic Rotary Club that this cabin would typify the early history in Cass County and in the State of Iowa. " According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.35 square miles (21.63 km2), of which, 8.32 square miles (21.55 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. There were 3,399 housing units at an average density of 408.5 per square mile (157.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.0% White, 0.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other competitions, and 0.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,137 homeholds of which 26.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 44.3 years.
22.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.9% were from 25 to 44; 27.1% were from 45 to 64; and 22% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 3,354 housing units at an average density of 411.5 per square mile (158.9/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.65% White, 0.25% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other competitions, and 0.29% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,126 homeholds out of which 28.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families.
Age spread: 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,370, and the median income for a family was $41,168.
About 6.3% of families and 12.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.
Atlantic, Iowa is one of the smallest communities in Iowa to have a daily newspaper, The Atlantic News Telegraph.
KSOM 96.5 FM which features nation music, Paul Harvey, Farm Reports, the Local News, Iowa State Sports and NASCAR.
Atlantic is served by the Iowa Interstate Railroad, a successor to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
Jack Drake (1934-2015)-long time state representative in Iowa, born and died in Atlantic.
Lafayette Young (1848 1926), Republican senator from Iowa, state senator, journal reporter, editor and owner.American Fact - Finder.
*Naming of Atlantic" Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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