Chariton, Iowa Chariton, Iowa Lucas County Courthouse in Chariton Lucas County Courthouse in Chariton Location of Chariton, Iowa Location of Chariton, Iowa Website City of Chariton, Iowa Website Chariton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The populace was 4,321 at the 2010 census.
Chariton was platted in 1850. Chariton was the name of a French trader. Perkins and listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its part in the evolution of Chariton as a county seat, the Hotel Charitone is listed by the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance as one of the most endangered sites in Iowa. The hotel is presently undergoing restoration with the majority of the hotel being converted into apartements.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.82 square miles (9.89 km2), all of it land. Chariton is positioned at the exact half way point, on US 34 Business (Chariton, IA).svg U.S.
There were 1,861 homeholds of which 28.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 42.1 years.
24.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 21.9% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,936 homeholds out of which 27.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families.
Age spread: 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $27,844, and the median income for a family was $37,935.
About 6.6% of families and 12.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.
Red Haw State Park is positioned a mile east of Chariton.
The Chariton School District is the only school precinct in the county since 2008, when the Russell School District closed.
There are two elementary schools, Columbus Elementary (K-2 grades) and Van Allen Elementary (3 5 grades); one middle school, Chariton Middle School (6 8 grades); and one high school, Chariton High School (9 12).
Owned by the City of Chariton, the Chariton Municipal Airport has served the town/city and Lucas County since April 1947. "City of Chariton, Iowa".
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History of Lucas County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc.
Past and Present of Lucas and Wayne Counties, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1.
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