Iowa, Louisiana Town of Iowa Location of Iowa in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Iowa is a town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The history of this region is filled with stories of the early Midwestern pioneer from Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, of the Acadians (Cajuns), and of Jean Lafitte's pirates. The improve of Iowa was advanced in the mid-19th century.
Knapp, president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture, was engaged in 1885 to demonstrate the suitability of the region for rice production.
Iowa experienced a expansion boom when petroleum was hit in 1930 and petroleum companies came to try their luck in the Iowa petroleum and gas fields.
The town of "Iowa" is actually pronounced with the long A sound at the end, opposed to the pronunciation of the state of Iowa.
Iowa is positioned along the easterly edge of Calcasieu Parish at 30 14 15 N 93 0 51 W (30.237433, -93.014191). The easterly border of the town is the Jefferson Davis Parish line.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town of Iowa has a total region of 3.17 square miles (8.22 km2), of which 3.15 square miles (8.15 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.80%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,663 citizens , 963 homeholds, and 727 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 78.90% White, 18.59% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.60% from other competitions, and 1.46% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $31,581, and the median income for a family was $37,102.
About 17.5% of families and 20.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 27.2% of those under age 18 and 19.2% of those age 65 or over.
Lake Charles is 13 miles (21 km) to the west via Highways 90 or 10, and Lafayette is 63 miles (101 km) to the east.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Iowa town, Louisiana".
She excerpted the relevant passages from Cities and Towns of Louisiana by Clare D'Artois Leeper.
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