Lost Nation, Iowa

Clinton County

19-46605

Lost Nation is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clinton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010 Lost Nation had 446 inhabitants

Geography

Lost Nation is located at 41 ° 57'50 " north latitude and 90 ° 49'04 " west longitude and extending 1.64 km ². The village is located about 60 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 70 km to the north. Lost Nation is the only independent municipality in Sharon Township in the northwest corner of Clinton County.

Neighbouring places of Lost Nation Elwood are (7.6 km north-east ), Toronto ( 10.2 km SSW ), Oxford Junction ( 12.4 km to the west ) and Monmouth (20,2 km north-northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Dubuque ( 69.2 km to the north), Rockford, Illinois (172 km ENE ), the Quad Cities ( 66.6 km southwest ) and Cedar Rapids (88 miles west).

Traffic

By Lost Nation runs in east-west direction of the Iowa Highway 136 All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.

The nearest airports are the 16.5 km north west location Maquoketa Municipal Airport and 56.4 kilometers east-northeast preferred Clinton Municipal Airport; The nearest major airports are located north-northeast of 58.2 Dubuque Regional Airport, which is 78.7 km south-southeast of preferred Quad City International Airport and 88.1 km westernmost Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Lost Nation 446 people in 201 households. The population density was 272 people per square kilometer. In the 201 households lived statistically 2.22 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white and 0.9 percent ( four people) African Americans. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population ( six people) Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 41,667. The per capita income was $ 19,267. 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.