Sheldon, Iowa Sheldon, Iowa Location of Sheldon, Iowa Location of Sheldon, Iowa State Iowa Website City of Sheldon Sheldon is a town/city in O'Brien and Sioux counties in the U.S.
State of Iowa, along the Floyd River.
The populace was 5,188 at the 2010 census; it is the biggest city in O'Brien County.
Sheldon had its start in the year 1873 by the building of the Sioux City & St.
Today, the town/city is at the crossroads of Iowa Highway 60 and U.S.
The city's first financial institution, the Sheldon State Bank, closed in 1903. In 1961, the town/city made headlines when it was revealed that Burnice Geiger had embezzled more than two million dollars from the Sheldon National Bank, directed by her father. Geiger worked there as a cashier and was the bank's biggest stockholder. She was sentenced to fifteen years in prison in the same year, but paroled in 1966. Today, the town/city is most known for its annual display of marigolds and the moniker of its small-town schools' athletic squads - the Orabs.
Sheldon High School also hosts the Sheldon High School Summer Theatre program.
Sheldon is the home of Northwest Iowa Community College and the Carnegie Library, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Sheldon was mentioned on page 13 of the Tim O'Brien book If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home: "Together we watched trombones and crepe-paper floats move down mainstreet.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.50 square miles (11.65 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,188 citizens , 2,213 homeholds, and 1,300 families residing in the city.
There were 2,213 homeholds of which 26.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 39.4 years.
23.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 18.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,914 citizens , 2,006 homeholds, and 1,285 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.48% White, 0.43% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.81% from other competitions, and 0.45% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,006 homeholds out of which 29.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families.
Age spread: 23.6% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 3.6% of families and 7.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
Sheldon is served by the Sheldon Community Schools, which include Sheldon High School. There are two private schools, both of which offer preschool services through the eighth grade, the Sheldon Christian School and the St.
Sheldon is also home to Northwest Iowa Community College, a two-year associate degree improve college. Iowa Information, Inc., publishers of the Sheldon Mail-Sun and The North - West Iowa REVIEW.
The NW Iowa Review has been titled the state's Newspaper of the Year 13 times, and titled the best weekly in the United States by the National Newspaper Association from 2000 to 2005, and again in 2007.
Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1.
History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth.
"Sheldon (Iowa) State Bank Suspends.".
"2-MILLION THEFT SHUTS IOWA BANK;".
"IOWA EMBEZZLER IS GIVEN 15 YEARS".
"Iowa Woman Who Robbed Father's Bank to Be Paroled".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Sheldon Community Schools".
Sheldon Community Schools.
"Sheldon Christian School".
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