Waukon (Iowa)

Allamakee County

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Waukon is a small town ( with the status of City) and administrative headquarters of the Allamakee County in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010 Waukon had 3,897 inhabitants.

Geography

Waukon is located at 43 ° 16'8 " north latitude and 91 ° 28'45 " west longitude and extending over 7.6 km ², which consist exclusively of land area. The city is located 31.5 km south of the border to Minnesota. The west bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin is also located in the east around 30 km from Waukon.

Neighboring towns are Ludlow (12.5 km southwest), Decorah (28,7 km west), Hanover (12.5 kilometers north- west ), Church (16,3 km northeast), Elon (13 km east), Rossville ( 14.2 km southeast) and Postville ( 26.8 SSW ).

The nearest large towns are Iowa's capital Des Moines (354 km southwest), the Quad Cities (260 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (205 km east) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (287 km north-west ).

Traffic

In the Waukon Iowa take Highway 9 and 76 and a number of subordinate County Roads together.