Columbus Junction, Iowa Columbus Junction, Iowa Downtown Columbus Junction Downtown Columbus Junction Location of Columbus Junction, Iowa Location of Columbus Junction, Iowa Website City of Columbus Junction Website Columbus Junction is a town/city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States.
Columbus Junction is home of the historic 'Swinging Bridge' found one block south of Highway 92 near downtown.
Columbus Community School District serving Columbus Junction, Columbus City, Fredonia, Cotter, Conesville the encircling townships is positioned in Columbus Junction.
The city's biggest employer is a Tyson pork refining plant positioned just north of the town/city on Highway 70.
Columbus Junction began as Clifton.
Columbus City, Iowa had already been established before the barns s came through, and both the Rock Island and the BCR&M had missed Columbus City by over a mile.
As both Columbus City and Township had invested in the latter line, they were permitted to name the new town, so it became Columbus Junction. Immigration plays a strong part in the history of Columbus Junction.
In the summer of 2008 the Midwest experienced record floods, Columbus Junction encompassed when the Cedar and Iowa Rivers overflowed their banks. Columbus Junction is positioned at 41 16 42 N 91 21 45 W (41.278414, -91.362466), between the metros/cities of Columbus City and Fredonia.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.19 square miles (5.67 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,899 citizens , 687 homeholds, and 468 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 74.2% White, 1.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.4% Asian, 17.4% from other competitions, and 3.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 687 homeholds of which 36.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.9% were non-families.
26.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 35.9 years.
27.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.7% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.32% White, 0.58% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 12.37% from other competitions, and 1.58% from two or more competitions.
There were 691 homeholds out of which 37.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,167, and the median income for a family was $42,188.
About 9.7% of families and 11.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.
Born in Columbus Junction in 1916, died in Boston, Massachusetts, 1990. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Columbus Junction, Iowa.
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Cities in Iowa - Cities in Louisa County, Iowa - Muscatine, Iowa micropolitan region - Populated places established in 1870 - 1870 establishments in Iowa
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