Harlan, Iowa Harlan, Iowa Location of Harlan, Iowa Location of Harlan, Iowa Country United States State Iowa Harlan is a town/city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States, along the West Nishnabotna River.
Harlan was platted in 1858. It was titled for one of Iowa's early U.S.
Senators, James Harlan. Harlan was designated governmental center of county in 1859. The town was incorporated on May 2, 1879.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.39 square miles (11.37 km2), all of it land. United States Enumeration Bureau.
There were 2,410 housing units at an average density of 549.0 per square mile (212.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.0% White, 0.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,222 homeholds of which 26.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.6% were non-families.
34.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 43.8 years.
23.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.4% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 21.8% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,306 housing units at an average density of 528.2 per square mile (203.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.30% White, 0.08% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.17% from other competitions, and 0.68% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,204 homeholds of which 31.1% encompassed kids under the age of 18; 56.6% were married couples living together, 8.9% consisted of a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families.
28.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
25.1% are under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,899, and the median income for a family was $45,888.
About 5.3% of families and 7.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.
Baseball: 2-time state champs, 1996 (3 - A), 2003 (3 - A) Boys' Basketball: 2-time state champs, 2004 (3 - A), 2006 (3 - A) Girls' Basketball: 1-time state champs, 2014 (4 - A) Girls' Cross Country: 1-time state champs, 2005 (3 - A); 1 Individual State Title Football: 12-time state champs, 1972 (3 - A), 1982 (3 - A), 1983 (3 - A), 1984 (3 - A), 1993 (3 - A), 1995 (3 - A), 1997 (3 - A), 1998 (3 - A), 2003 (3 - A), 2004 (3 - A), 2005 (3 - A), 2009 (3 - A) Boys' Golf: 2 Individual State Titles Girls' Golf: 2-time state champs, 1993 (2 - A), 1995 (2 - A); 1 Individual State Title Boys' Track-Indoor: 1-time state champs, 1948 (B) Boys' Track-Outdoor: 2-time state champs, 1954 (A), 2003 (3 - A); 14 Individual State Titles Girls' Track: 13 Individual State Titles Volleyball: 1-time state champs, 2013 (4 - A) Wrestling: 3-time state champs, 1967 (A); 4 Individual State Titles . Harlan also is home to Shelby County Speedway which holds the Tiny Lund Memorial competitions held in September.
The Harlan Community High School Jazz Band, nicknamed the Harlan Jazz Experience, has won the Iowa Jazz Championships in the class 3 - A in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008. George Sabin Gibbs, United States Army General United States Enumeration Bureau.
Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1.
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
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