Charles City, Iowa "Charles City"
Charles City, Iowa City Welcome Sign Charles City, Iowa.JPG Location of Charles City, Iowa Location of Charles City, Iowa Charles City is a town/city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Floyd County. Charles City is a momentous commercial and transit center for the area, positioned on U.S.
Located on the site of a Winnebago Indian village, Charles City was originally titled "Charlestown" for the son of the first-known white settler to the area, Joseph Kelly.
Charles" and then to "Charles City," to avoid duplication of other Iowa town names.
Charles City became the governmental center of county after Floyd County was established in 1851 and officially organized in 1854.
Floyd County itself was titled for Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Hart-Parr Charles City nameplate Charles City is known for the part it played in the history of the American tractor.
A native son Charles Walter Hart, whose father owned three small-town farms, met Charles H.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Hart and Parr advanced a two-cylinder gasoline engine and set up their company in Charles City in 1897.
3 is the earliest surviving internal combustion engine tractor in the United States and is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. In 1929, Hart-Parr was one of the four companies that consolidated to form Oliver Farm Equipment Company and finally the White Farm-New Idea Equipment Co.
Charles City is the locale of the last lynching in Iowa, that of James Cullen in 1907. National women's rights prestige Carrie Lane Chapman Catt spent her girlhood years on a farm south of Charles City.
Charles City's historic suspension bridge, which crossed over the Cedar River, collapsed as well as finished various homes around the city.
The City of Charles City has since received FEMA and state funding for a brand new bridge in place of the old suspension bridge.
Charles City is the locale of the Dr.
Charles City has been devastated by tornadoes many times in its history.
The path of the tornado ran through the southeast part of the town/city missing the company district.
1968 Charles City tornado Many citizens around the region remember Charles City as the site of a devastating F5 tornado that ripped through town on May 15, 1968, leaving 13 dead, hundreds injured, and massive destruction in its wake.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.31 square miles (16.34 km2), of which, 6.22 square miles (16.11 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. Charles City As of the census of 2010, there were 7,652 citizens , 3,440 homeholds, and 1,964 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.7% White, 2.5% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,440 homeholds of which 26.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 42.9 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 47.0% male and 53.0% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,812 citizens , 3,339 homeholds, and 2,083 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.92% White, 0.44% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 0.79% from other competitions, and 0.86% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,339 homeholds out of which 27.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,568, and the median income for a family was $38,297.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,659.
Charles City is served by the Charles City Community School District, which includes the Charles City High School.
There were two former establishments called Charles City College, the first a Methodist college that was combined into Morningside College in the 1910s, and the second a short lived branch of Parsons College in the late 1960s.
Charles City is served by the following small-town media outlets: KQOP-LP 94.7 FM, Charles City Educational Association Charles City Press Charles Walter Hart (1872 1937) Hart-Parr Gasoline Engine Company, coined the word tractor transcribed from The Iowa City Citizen, Iowa City, IA June 8, 1908 and The Iowa Recorder, Greene, IA Jun 10, 1908.
"News Charles City Press".
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Official Charles City website Charles City Community website Charles City Schools website Charles City Public Library website City Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Charles City, Iowa Municipalities and communities of Floyd County, Iowa, United States County seat: Charles City Cities Charles City Colwell Floyd Greene Marble Rock Nashua Nora Springs Rockford Rudd Cedar Floyd Niles Pleasant Grove Riverton Rock Grove Rockford Rudd Saint Charles Scott Ulster Union
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