Humboldt (Iowa)

Humboldt County

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Humboldt is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Humboldt County in the central northern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Humboldt had 4690 inhabitants.

Geography

Humboldt is on the western Des Moines River. About four kilometers south of the city flows of these together with the eastern arm (Eastern Fork Des Moines River).

The city is located at 42 ° 43'15 " north latitude and 94 ° 12'55 " west longitude and extends over 12.4 km ², spread over 12.0 km ² land and 0.4 km ² water surface.

The nearby towns of Humboldt are Dakota City ( located directly on the eastern city limits ), Badger (17,6 km to the southeast ) and Rutland ( 11.2 kilometers north-west ).

The nearest large towns are Waterloo (194 km east-southeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (184 km southeast), Nebraska's largest city, Omaha (290 km southwest), Sioux City (206 miles west) and Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota (326 km north- northeast ).

Traffic

In the center of the cross extending in a north-south U.S. Highway 169 and Iowa Highway 3 All other streets within the city are subordinate in the numbering.

In the north- west of the metropolitan area of the Humboldt Municipal Airport is located. The nearest major airport is Fort Dodge Regional Airport at 25.8 km south Fort Dodge, of which the region with feeder flights are connections to the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.