Milford, Iowa Milford, Iowa Location of Milford, Iowa Location of Milford, Iowa Milford is a town/city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States.
The town includes many businesses related to its locale in the Iowa Great Lakes region and is often referred to as the southern gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes. 4.3 Iowa Great Lakes The Iowa Great Lakes Area was settled in the 1850s.
The Milwaukee rail line which ran through Milford supplied the town with mail, food, clothing, lumber, coal, and machinery before automobiles could get to the Great Lakes.
Until 1910, excursion trains came to the Lakes Area from Des Moines, Algona, and other suburbs on weekends and holidays.
The tracks were dismantled in 1978 and later became a part of the Iowa Great Lakes Recreational Trail.
Milford is positioned at 43 19 37 N 95 9 3 W (43.327006, -95.150701). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.29 square miles (5.93 km2), of which, 2.28 square miles (5.91 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. There were 1,276 homeholds of which 28.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.1% were non-families.
22.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 27.7% were from 45 to 64; and 17.9% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,042 homeholds out of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Iowa Great Lakes Trails are a series of recreational trails in the Iowa Great Lakes region that cover almost 30 miles and give people and visitors a place to walk, bike, rollerblade, run, and cross-country ski.
One end of the 14-mile "spine" of the trail begins in Milford and travels through Arnolds Park and Okoboji to Spirit Lake.
Another begins Northwest of Milford and follows Highway 86 along the west side of West Okoboji Lake. Horseshoe Bend Recreational Area is a 180-acre (0.73 km2) county park positioned about 5 miles southwest of Milford.
Iowa Great Lakes Milford lies on the south end of the Iowa Great Lakes, a prominent region that swells the summer populace in Dickinson County to about 100,000.
Visitors and inhabitants appreciate fishing, boating, and swimming in the seven lakes in the Iowa Great Lakes chain. The Milford Elevator has served the Milford Community is a greatly needed accommodation for the farmers of the Milford area.
It was owned by Great Lakes Cooperative until April 3, 2008 when it consolidated with Green Plains Renewable Energy. The grain elevator is now owned and directed by The Andersons. Milford is served by the Okoboji Community High School and Okoboji Community Elementary School, both of which are part of the Okoboji Community School District.
The middle school is positioned in Arnolds Park, Iowa.
City of Milford website.
Milford, Iowa Centennial Book pages 5-14 Milford, Iowa Centennial Book pages 25-36 "Iowa Great Lakes Trails".
Iowa Great Lakes Trails website (6 March 2013).
Milford, Iowa Centennial Book pages 44-45 "Polaris to make new brutus line in Milford, Iowa".
Milford, Iowa Centennial Bood page 39 "GPRE, Great Lakes Cooperative complete consolidation ".
"The Andersons Grain, Milford Iowa"..
"Milford Memorial Library".
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