West Bend, Iowa West Bend, Iowa Location of West Bend, Iowa Location of West Bend, Iowa Website City of West Bend, Iowa West Bend is a town/city in Kossuth and Palo Alto (originally) counties in the U.S.
It was originally called Ives after the president of the barns , but the townspeople had it changed to West Bend from the bend in the river.
West Bend (aka Ives) was the first town in Palo Alto County.
The village straddles the county line, in the southwest part of Kossuth County and the southeast part of Palo Alto County, in northwestern Iowa.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.89 square miles (2.31 km2), all land. West Bend is served by a lightly-used former branch line of the Rock Island Railroad now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. There were 360 homeholds of which 20.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.8% were non-families.
38.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 23.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 51.6 years.
18.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.5% were from 25 to 44; 26.8% were from 45 to 64; and 32.2% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 352 homeholds of which 25.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 3.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families.
37.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 24.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Age distribution was 22.1% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 30.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.1% of families and 6.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
West Bend is the site of the Grotto of the Redemption, a series of nine adjoining grottos occupying a full town/city block, constructed of minerals, petrifications, and semiprecious gems.
Paul Dobberstein (1872-1954), a Catholic priest who settled in West Bend around 1902.
Louis Greving, the next Catholic pastor in West Bend, worked side-by-side with Fr.
Although the Grotto was technically rather than in the late 1980, the Grotto is an ongoing work with restorations and repairs made annual and there are still some statues that need to be purchased to complete certain scenes throughout the Grotto.
The Grotto of the Redemption is the biggest man-made grotto in the world and has an estimated 25-30 thousand visitors a year.
Paul Dobberstein, German American priest and architect, most famous for constructing the Grotto of the Redemption; resident of West Bend "City of West Bend, Iowa".
City of West Bend, Iowa.
History of Palo Alto County, Iowa.
Iowa Railroad Traffic Density, Iowa Department of Transportation West Bend, Iowa website Municipalities and communities of Kossuth County, Iowa, United States Municipalities and communities of Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States
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Cities in Iowa - Cities in Kossuth County, Iowa - Cities in Palo Alto County, Iowa - 1880s establishments in Iowa - Populated places established in the 1880s
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