Editing Bussey, Iowa

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'''Bussey''' is a city in southeast [[Marion County, Iowa]], United States. The population was 387 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:BusseyIowaCityPark.jpg|thumb|left|A city park in Bussey]]
Bussey is located at the intersection of routes G71 and T23. It is three quarter mile west of the Marion-[[Mahaska County, Iowa|Mahaska]] county line and two miles north of the Marion-[[Monroe County, Iowa|Monroe]] county line. North Coal Creek flows past the community and on to its confluence with the [[Des Moines River]] seven miles to the northeast. [[Knoxville, Iowa|Knoxville]] is approximately 14 miles to the northwest and [[Oskaloosa, Iowa|Oskaloosa]] is approximately 13 miles to the northeast in Mahaska County.<ref>''Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 7th ed., 2021, p. 49 {{isbn|1946494003}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.33|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of its land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

==History==
Jesse Bussey, originally from [[Greene County, Pennsylvania]], bought the land for the town of Bussey in 1867. He laid out the town of Bussey on the line of the Albia, Knoxville and Des Moines Railroad in 1875, the same year the line was acquired by the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]. Mr Bussey went into the lumber and grain business there. By 1880, the population was close to 100, with four general merchandise stores and one drug store.<ref>Bussey, Chapter XIV -- Liberty Township, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LnB2S8O_3oMC&pg=PA789 The History of Marion County, Iowa], Union Historical Company, Des Moines, 1881, as reprinted in 1975 by the Marion County Genealogical Society; page 789; see also Page 433 for the reference to the A., K. & D. R. R., and page 790 biographical detail about J, Bussey.</ref> The town was incorporated in 1895.<ref>Tom Savage, Bussey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DxagLIZHNv4C&pg=PA46 A dictionary of Iowa Place Names], University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 2007; page 46.</ref> There were some problems with the initial incorporation, so a second vote was held in 1899, after which James Bussey was elected as the first mayor.<ref>John W. Wright and W. A. Young, Bussey, Chapter X -- Towns and Villages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=oX0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160 History of Marion County Iowa and its People], S. J. Clarke, Chicago, 1915; pages 160-161.</ref>

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were numerous coal mines in the Bussey area. In the early 1890s, the Powers company had two mine shafts in the area with a private tramway connecting them to the company's tipple along the railroad line.<ref>Charles Rollin Keyes, Marion County, Coal Beds of Central Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0FlEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA340 Coal Deposits of Iowa] Iowa Geological Survey, 1894; page 340.</ref> J. A. Powers founded the O.K. Coal Company in Bussey, with a mile-long railroad spur to a mine a mile south of town. This mine was the largest producer in Marion County from 1895 to around 1902. Powers reorganized the O.K. company as the Mammoth Vein Coal Company when it moved its primary operations to [[Marysville, Iowa#Everist|Everist]], a coal camp 3 miles west of Bussey and a mile north of [[Marysville, Iowa|Marysville]].<ref>John W. Wright and W. A. Young, Coal Mining, Chapter XIV -- Finance and Industry, [https://books.google.com/books?id=oX0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160 History of Marion County Iowa and its People], S. J. Clarke, Chicago, 1915; page 254.</ref> The Cricket Coal Company, later the Equality Coal Company, was based in Bussey and had a shaft outside of town, producing 18,000 tons of coal in 1915 from a coal seam that was 4 to 6 feet thick.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CRVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA148 The Coal Field Directory and Mining Catalogue], Keystone, Pittsburgh, 1915; page 148.</ref>

[[United Mine Workers]] local 69 was organized in Bussey in 1899. In 1902, it had 275 members, but by 1907 most of the local mining activity had moved to Everist, and it had only 8 members. Prior to union organization, the minimum wage was $1.50 per day, but by 1902, this had increased to $2.15 per day. By 1907, wages ranged from $1.90 to $2.70 per day.<ref>Trade Unions in Iowa – Table No. 1, Mine Workers of America, United, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5dooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232 Tenth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the State of Iowa, 1901–1902], Murphy, Des Moines, 1903; page 232.</ref><ref>Trade Unions in Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=H1JaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198 Thirteenth Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the State of Iowa for the period 1906-1907], Des Moines, 1908; page 198.</ref> A second union local, UMW local 2482, had 216 members in Bussey in 1912.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cfAUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1040 Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Convention of the United Mine Workers of America] Jan. 16 – Feb. 2, 1912, Indianapolis; page 80A.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|align= left
|1900|550
|1910|669
|1920|585
|1930|546
|1940|632
|1950|633
|1960|557
|1970|498
|1980|579
|1990|494
|2000|450
|2010|422
|2020|387
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}} and [http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/PlacesAll/plpopulation18502000.pdf Iowa Data Center]
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[[File:BusseyIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|left|alt=The population of Bussey, Iowa from US census data|The population of Bussey, Iowa from US census data]]

===2020 census===
As of the [[United States census|census]] of 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> there were 387 people, 164 households, and 113 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,244.3 inhabitants per square mile (480.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 185 housing units at an average density of 594.8 per square mile (229.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial]] makeup of the city was 92.5% [[White Americans|White]], 0.5% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 1.3% from other races and 3.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] persons of any race comprised 3.6% of the population.

Of the 164 households, 28.7% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% were cohabitating couples, 23.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 20.1% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 31.1% of all households were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the city was 43.7 years. 24.8% of the residents were under the age of 20; 4.7% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 22.0% were from 25 and 44; 26.4% were from 45 and 64; and 22.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-05-11}}</ref> of 2010, there were 422 people, 176 households, and 116 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1278.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 209 housing units at an average density of {{convert|633.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.1% of the population.

There were 176 households, of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.1% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.92.

The median age in the city was 40.7 years. 26.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.6% were from 25 to 44; 28.3% were from 45 to 64; and 16.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 450 people, 184 households, and 128 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,358.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 210 housing units at an average density of {{convert|633.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.44% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.22% of the population.

There were 184 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The [[Median household income|median income]] for a household in the city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $42,857. Males had a median income of $35,500 versus $23,438 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,657. About 7.5% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The [[Twin Cedars Community School District]] operates local public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_TWIN%20CEDARS_0.pdf|title=TWIN CEDARS|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|access-date=2020-08-04}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Kenneth Veenstra]] (born 1939), politician

==References==
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[[Category:Cities in Iowa]]
[[Category:Cities in Marion County, Iowa]]