Orange City, Iowa Orange City, Iowa Sioux County Courthouse in Orange City Sioux County Courthouse in Orange City Location of Orange City, Iowa Location of Orange City, Iowa Orange City, Iowa is positioned in the US Orange City, Iowa - Orange City, Iowa Website City of Orange City Orange City is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The populace was 6,004 in the 2010 census, an increase from 5,582 in the 2000 census. Named after William of Orange, it is best known for its Dutch background, which it jubilates with an annual Tulip Festival for 3 days every May.
Orange City was first called Holland and was later retitled with respect to Dutch royalty.
The town/city was established in 1870 by pioneer from Pella, Iowa looking for cheaper and better land. As the governmental center of county of Sioux County, the town/city is the locale of the Sioux County Courthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Orange City is positioned at 43 0 20 N 96 3 32 W (43.005498, -96.058796). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,004 citizens , 1,905 homeholds, and 1,405 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.2% White, 0.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 3.4% from other competitions, and 1.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,905 homeholds of which 33.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 26.2% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 29.1 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,582 citizens , 1,719 homeholds, and 1,285 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.51% White, 0.50% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.61% from other competitions, and 0.36% from two or more competitions.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,721, and the median income for a family was $49,076.
Major companies headquartered in Orange City include Diamond Vogel Paints, Pizza Ranch, Revival Animal Health Systems, and Quatro Composites.
Employers in Orange City are: Orange City Area Health System 500 employees Revival Animal Health 70 employees between its Orange City and Mapleton, Iowa facilities.
Several schools are found in Orange City.
Two elementary schools, Orange City Elementary, which is part of the MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District, and Orange City Christian School, serve the community.
Orange City is home to Northwestern College, a Christian liberal arts college affiliated with the Reformed Church in America.
It is also inside thirty miles of Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa, which was started in 1966 as a pilot program sponsored by the Department of Education in cooperation with the small-town high schools.
Orange City is traditionally a Dutch Reformed improve with a several congregations from the Christian Reformed Church of North America, United Reformed Churches in North America, and Reformed Church in America denominations.
Huitink (1951-2014), Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals; was born in Orange City. Kenneth Veenstra, Iowa state legislator and businessman, lived in Orange City. "Orange City, Iowa".
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