Story City, Iowa Story City, Iowa Downtown Story City Downtown Story City Location of Story City, Iowa Location of Story City, Iowa Story City is a town/city in Story County, Iowa, United States.
Story City is positioned inside the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Travel Destination which envelops all of Story County and which, when held in conjunction with the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, complements the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.
4 About Story City Story City was throughout much of its early history known as Fairview.
Story City was then retitled after Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story.
The boundaries of "Old Fairview" are outlined by signs amid Scandinavian Days, and is approximately in the northeast corner of current Story City with the southern boundary being Broad Street.
Story City was laid out to include Fairview in 1878, and officially incorporated in 1881.
A large contingent of the City's current populace is descended from a primary immigration of citizens from Nordic countries in the 1840s through 1860s.
Story City's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.1872062, -93.5957713. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.80 square miles (7.25 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,431 citizens , 1,472 homeholds, and 895 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.2% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 1.3% from other competitions, and 0.7% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 44.4 years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,228 citizens , 1,321 homeholds, and 816 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.76% White, 0.28% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.12% from other competitions, and 0.28% from two or more competitions.
As of 2000 the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $41,275, and the median income for a family was $51,493.
Story City is positioned in central Iowa on Interstate 35, only 45 minutes north of Des Moines and 10 minutes north of Ames, home to Iowa State University.
Bethany Life Communities, American Packaging, and Innovative Lighting are primary employers in Story City.
In addition to showing movies, the theater features productions by Story City's Judge Story's Theatrical Troupe amid Scandinavian Days in the summer and the annual Yulefest Celebration in the winter.
Story City is home to a 1913 Herschell-Spillman Antique carousel.
The Story City Park is situated along the banks of the Skunk River, one of Iowa's recreational water trails.
The Skunk River Greenbelt Trail fitness begins just south of Story City immediately off of Interstate 35 on County Road E-18.
Story City has a 9-hole River Bend Golf Course featuring 2,980 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 37.
Story City is positioned at the boundary of the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.
Story City features an annual Scandinavian Days celebration.
Petri Lutheran Church (ELCA), Harvest Evangelical Free Church, Bethel Lutheran Church (LCMC), Grace United Methodist Church, Bible Faith Church, Church of Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, St.
Peter and Paul's Catholic Church (Located 7 miles southwest of Story City).
Riverside Bible Camp is positioned 2 miles north of Story City.
Popular and incessantly served food items around Story City include: Story City is the home of the Roland-Story Senior High School.
Print media: Story City Herald - weekly journal Bill Willingham's 2012 graphic novel Fable: Werewolves of the Heartland is set entirely in Story City, Iowa. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Story City, Iowa.
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