Sioux Center, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa Location of Sioux Center, Iowa Location of Sioux Center, Iowa Sioux Center is positioned in Iowa Sioux Center - Sioux Center County Sioux Website City of Sioux Center Sioux Center is a town/city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States with a populace of 7,048 (2010 census). Sioux Center is notable for its recent populace boom, Dutch heritage, and agribusiness.
10.2 Sioux Center Wreaths Across America Sioux Center is positioned at 43 4 36 N 96 10 24 W (43.076546, -96.173214). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.31 square miles (16.34 km2), all of it land. Sioux Center is 1,445 feet (440 m) above sea level.
The easterly side of Sioux Center drains to the Floyd River.
The side of Sioux Center drains to the Big Sioux River.
The region inside a ten-mile (16 km) radius of Sioux Center has been divided into sections of a square mile each.
And Iowa Data Center There were 2,201 homeholds of which 35.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 27.4% were non-families.
24.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 22.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.6% were from 25 to 44; 18.8% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,831 homeholds out of which 33.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families.
Age spread: 22.3% under the age of 18, 27.1% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 2000, 66.6% of Sioux Center inhabitants identified as being of Dutch heritage.
Sioux Center commerce, like many lesser towns in this region of Iowa, is dominated by agribusiness.
Farmland near Sioux Center sold for a record $20,000 per acre in December 2011.
Sioux Center continues to have freight rail service.
Highway 75 through Sioux Center.
In 2012, Sioux Center was the first stop of RAGBRAI XL (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa).
Sioux Center has hosted RAGBRAI on 3 other occasions: 1990, 1996, and 2002. The Sioux County Youth Fair is held every year for about one week in the middle of July.
Sioux Center has many entertainment attractions.
Dordt College has a bowling alley and recreation center.
Sioux Center's firmly Dutch tradition is also largely a Reformed (Calvinistic) Protestant heritage.
Sioux Center has five Christian Reformed churches, four Reformed Church in America churches, one United Reformed church, and one Netherlands Reformed Church.
A Roman Catholic church is part of a cluster of two other churches in close-by towns, all served by a single priest inside the Diocese of Sioux City.
Sioux Center is also home to Amistad Christiana, which is a Spanish-speaking congregation affiliated with the CRC and the RCA.
Sioux Center is home to the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra.
In April 2011, it was announced that Christopher Stanichar, the Director of Orchestral Activities at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD would be taking the director's position for the orchestra.
Sioux Center is the home of Dordt College.
Dordt's 1500 students are drawn from the small-town area, Christian Reformed and Reformed communities athwart the United States and Canada, and other locations throughout the United States and worldwide.
The Sioux Center Community School precinct educates 1,055 students as of February 2, 2011.
Sioux Center Christian School educates approximately 508 students grades pre-K through 8th. Most students who graduate from Sioux Center Christian continue to either Western Christian High School in Hull, IA or Unity Christian High School in Orange City, IA, although some go to the Sioux Center High School for their high school education.
The sports squads of Dordt College and Sioux Center Community Schools appreciate a friendly, yet heated, rivalry with the squads of Orange City.
MOC-Floyd Valley Community School competes spiritedly with Sioux Center Community School in many school activities.
Sioux Center is a large division 2 - A school, while MOC-Floyd Valley is a small division 3 - A school.
The Sioux Center Public Library began in 1927.
The library was moved to the improve center while plans were drawn up for assembly of a new location.
Completed in September 2008, the Sioux Center Library's new locale opened up the door to many services - private meeting rooms, an art loggia, and many computers available for enhance use. Scouting began in Sioux Center back in 1923.
The Sioux Center troop was charted as Troop 1 with Sioux City Area Council.
In 1943, the Sioux City Area Council transferred our troop to the Prairie Gold Area Council positioned in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Sioux Center Wreaths Across America Currently, Aaron Van Beek serves as director of the Sioux Center program.
Sioux Center News, February 16, 2011 Municipalities and communities of Sioux County, Iowa, United States Alton Boyden Chatsworth Granville Hawarden Hospers Hull Ireton Matlock Maurice Orange City Rock Valley Sheldon Sioux Center
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