Editing Clarinda, Iowa

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'''Clarinda''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Page County, Iowa]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> It is located in [[Nodaway Township, Page County, Iowa|Nodaway Township]]. The population was 5,369 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>

==History==
Clarinda was founded in 1851, and incorporated on December 8, 1866. Many stories are told of such notables as [[Jesse James]] frequently passing through.

The town is named for Clarinda Buck, who according to legend carried water to the surveyors while Page County was first being surveyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iowacounties.org/Corporate%20Opportunities/About%20Us/AboutCoGov/County%20Pages/Page.htm |title=Page County |access-date=2009-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508151811/http://www.iowacounties.org/Corporate%20Opportunities/About%20Us/AboutCoGov/County%20Pages/Page.htm |archive-date=2009-05-08 }}</ref>

The best known national firm in Clarinda for many decades was Berry's Seed Company, a mail order farm seed distribution business founded in 1885 at Clarinda by A. A. Berry. Berry's Seed Company diversified into retail stores in the 1950s, but the stores were sold off over the following decade, and today the company, known as Berry's Garden Center, operates from its one remaining retail outlet in [[Danville, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berry's Garden Center - Home |url=http://www.berrysgarden.com/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=www.berrysgarden.com}}</ref>

In 1943, during [[World War II]], an [[internment camp]] designed for 3,000 [[prisoners of war]] with sixty barracks and a 150-bed hospital was built in Clarinda. German prisoners were the first to arrive at Camp Clarinda, followed in 1945 by Italian and Japanese POWs.<ref>Sullivan, Ken. - "POW camps - Thousands of German prisoners held during war in Iowa, Midwest". - ''[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]''. - December 16, 2001. | - Kilen, Mike. - "When War Marched Into Iowa". - ''[[Des Moines Register]]''. - September 23, 2007.</ref>

The southeast area of Clarinda was once dubbed "Gun Town" and remains known by that name today. A noted author wrote, "In the twenties and thirties, Clarinda seemed to be two separate towns: Guntown and Uptown. In the middle of the square was, and remains, the courthouse. The four blocks surrounding the square are filled with businesses. Guntown was a town all its own. The 700 block of East Garfield was a solid block of businesses--grocery stores, barber, a Chinese restaurant, another restaurant on a corner, a rug factory, a large grocery, the Swifts packing plant, and railroad tracks with freight depot and roundhouse to turn trains around."<ref>Juanita Seeley. "Gun Town, My Hometown."</ref>

==Transportation==
'''Road Network'''

Clarinda is located on US Highway 71 and Iowa Highway 2. In the past, both of these highways came through the center of town, but there is now a bypass that takes both highways to the south and east of Clarinda proper. There is also a good network of “farm to market” or county roads servicing the area.<ref>Rand McNally 2020 Road Atlas, p.38, copyright 2019</ref>

'''Railroad Service'''

Early in its history, Clarinda was served by railroads from seven different directions - 5 of which were predecessors to the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). The short westbound leg of track connecting Clarinda to Shenandoah was torn up in 1936 due to a washout of the track. In 1946, service was lost on the eastbound leg to Humeston and the line southwest to Tarkio, Missouri, through Coin, Iowa. Service was maintained south of Clarinda until the 1950s and was then trimmed back to a branch serving Clarinda from the main line to the north at Villisca, Iowa. This line survived a merger into the Burlington Northern but was abandoned in the 1980s. The beautiful brick depot in Clarinda still survives and is now the Student Union of the Iowa Western Community College-Clarinda campus.

There were two additional shortline railroads that ran to Clarinda. One was the Iowa & Southwestern which connected Clarinda southwest through College Springs to the Iowa-Missouri border town of Blanchard. The I&SW had its own depot very close to the Clarinda CB&Q Depot. It was abandoned before 1914. The second route was the Clarinda and St. Louis Railroad which ran south out of Clarinda roughly paralleling the CB&Q line to the east and terminating in Rosenberry, Missouri. This line joined with the Wabash Railroad just a few miles east of the CB&Q line also from Clarinda interchanged with the Wabash in the town of Burlington Junction, Missouri. The Clarinda and St. Louis Railroad was abandoned in the 1899 after only a few years of operation.<ref>Corbin, Bernard G and Hardy, Joseph C.; Across Iowa on the Keokuk & Western and the Humeston & Shenandoah Railroads,; p. 125; Copyright 1986 by Corbin Publications</ref><ref>State of Iowa, Iowa Department of Transportation, Chronology of Iowa Railroad Abandonments, July 1, 2016</ref><ref>Walker, Mike; SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America, Prairies East and Ozarks, 2004 p.23</ref>

Clarinda now joins a growing list of county seats in Iowa without rail service.[12]

'''Air Service'''

Camp Clarinda was located by what today is the town's municipal airport, Schenck Field (named for aviator/farmer Ray Schenck, who built the original Clarinda Airport on the location).

==Geography==
Clarinda is located along the [[Nodaway River|West Nodaway River]], just north of its confluence with the East Nodaway River.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.22|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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]] |access-date=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

===Climate===
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|Feb record high F = 80
|Mar record high F = 92
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 105
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|Jul record high F = 112
|Aug record high F = 114
|Sep record high F = 108
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 72
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|Jan avg record high F = 54.9
|Feb avg record high F = 60.7
|Mar avg record high F = 74.7
|Apr avg record high F = 84.5
|May avg record high F = 89.7
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|Aug avg record high F = 93.4
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|Jan high F = 32.7
|Feb high F = 37.7
|Mar high F = 50.8
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|Oct mean F = 52.6
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|May low F = 50.3
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|Jul low F = 64.1
|Aug low F = 61.5
|Sep low F = 51.8
|Oct low F = 39.4
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|Jan avg record low F = -10.6
|Feb avg record low F = -4.0
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|Sep avg record low F = 36.1
|Oct avg record low F = 22.9
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|Dec avg record low F = -3.6
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|Jan record low F = −31
|Feb record low F = −29
|Mar record low F = −24
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 21
|Jun record low F = 36
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = -1
|Nov record low F = −10
|Dec record low F = −27
|year record low F = -31
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|Oct precipitation inch = 2.85
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.98
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| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
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| title = Station: Clarinda, IA
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 427
|1870= 1022
|1880= 2011
|1890= 3262
|1900= 3276
|1910= 3832
|1920= 4511
|1930= 4962
|1940= 4905
|1950= 5086
|1960= 5901
|1970= 5420
|1980= 5458
|1990= 5104
|2000= 5690
|2010= 5572
|2020= 5369
|footnote=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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>
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[[File:ClarindaIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|alt=The population of Clarinda, Iowa from US census data|The population of Clarinda, 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 5,369 people, 1,899 households, and 1,094 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,052.7 inhabitants per square mile (406.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,170 housing units at an average density of 425.5 per square mile (164.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial]] makeup of the city was 86.6% [[White Americans|White]], 6.1% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.2% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.6% from other races and 4.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] persons of any race comprised 3.5% of the population.

Of the 1,899 households, 25.5% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% were cohabitating couples, 31.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 20.8% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 42.4% of all households were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the city was 40.0 years. 21.2% of the residents were under the age of 20; 5.8% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 29.7% were from 25 and 44; 22.7% were from 45 and 64; and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 58.7% male and 41.3% 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]]|access-date=2012-05-11}}</ref> of 2010, there were 5,572 people, 1,928 households, and 1,153 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1073.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,180 housing units at an average density of {{convert|420.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.2% of the population.

There were 1,928 households, of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.80.

The median age in the city was 40 years. 21.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.4% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 57.6% male and 42.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,690 people, 2,017 households, and 1,246 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,096.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,188 housing units at an average density of {{convert|421.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.02% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.62% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.65% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.07% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 2,017 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.83.

Age spread: 22.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 121.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,871, and the median income for a family was $43,654. Males had a median income of $35,061 versus $23,635 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,136. About 9.9% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
NSK-AKS (a subsidiary of the Japanese corporation [[NSK Ltd.]]) operates a manufacturing plant in Clarinda that produces ball and roller bearings.<ref>[http://www.jp.nsk.com/app01/en/pob/index.cgi?ec=property&md=global&key=NSK%20CORPORATION&fuken=North%20America&dt=Clarinda NSK Corporation U.S. Facilities]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. - [[NSK Ltd.]]</ref><ref>Ford, George C. - "U.S., Japanese firms share need for skilled, educated work force". ''[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]''. - September 25, 1994.</ref>

[[Lisle Corporation]], which makes hand tools and garage creepers for auto mechanics, was founded in Clarinda in 1903.

A large mental health center, the [[Clarinda Treatment Complex]], is located on the north edge of the city. It was established in 1884 as the third mental asylum in the state of Iowa. Mental health professionals treated sex offenders, the mentally ill, alcoholics, drug addicts, and the criminally insane until its closing in 2015.

==Sports==
Clarinda is the home of the Clarinda A's, a summer amateur [[baseball]] team, founded by Merl Eberly. The team won the 1981 [[National Baseball Congress]] championship. It has sent several players on to the major leagues, notably [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] member [[Ozzie Smith]], who regularly returns to Clarinda for special events. Previously, Clarinda was home to [[minor league baseball]]. The 1910-1911 [[Clarinda Antelopes]] played as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League]].<ref>Gray, Rob. - "Smith remembers days as `Osborne' in Clarinda". - ''[[Des Moines Register]]''. - January 20, 2002. | - Clark, Bill. - "Town proves baseball still is America's game". - ''[[Columbia Daily Tribune]]''. - January 14, 2009.</ref>

Iowa Western Community College fielded Nationally Ranked junior college baseball teams from 1982 through 1984. Compiling a record of 119 wins and 26 losses during that time, the IWCC Bluejays were nationally ranked as high as 9th in the nation in 1982, ranked 4th in 1983 and the 1984 team was ranked 6th nationally and went to the National Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. Coach Jeff DuPre's teams had a total of 10 players drafted during the three-year span and had players continue their college careers at schools such has Arizona State, Nebraska, Illinois, South Alabama, Jacksonville, Louisiana Tech, Grand Canyon State and South Carolina/Aiken. The 1982 to 1984 span also produced 6 All-American players, with George Gonzalez being First Team All American in 1982. The 1982 team set a Junior College record at the time with a .390 batting average. When the IWCC Bluejays went to the 1984 NJCAA World Series they were the smallest school ever to qualify.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Clarinda picture gallery==
<gallery class="center">
Image:Clarinda.jpg|Clarinda water tower 
Image:Clarinda1.jpg|Clarinda welcome sign
Image:Clarinda2.jpg|Page County, Iowa Courthouse in Clarinda
Image:Clarindasnow.jpg|Snowing in Clarinda (December 2009)
</gallery>

==Education==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
The [[Clarinda Community School District]] serves the municipality.<ref>"[https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_CLARINDA.pdf Clarinda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427121516/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_CLARINDA.pdf |date=2018-04-27 }}." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.</ref>

Clarinda is also home to a campus of [[Iowa Western Community College]].

==Infrastructure==

===Health care===
In 1884, the citizens rallied to build the third [[mental hospital]] in the state of Iowa. For over 100 years, the Clarinda State Hospital, known as the [[Clarinda Treatment Complex]], was located on the north end of the city. On June 30, 2015, the hospital facility was shut down and all patient services terminated.<ref name=Clarinda>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/clarinda/|title=Clarinda State Hospital - Kirkbride Buildings|website=www.kirkbridebuildings.com}}</ref> The Clarinda Academy, a juvenile detention facility owned by Sequel Youth Services, was the sole occupant of the former hospital grounds until its closure in 2021.

In 1939, the Clarinda Municipal Hospital was created. In 1997, Clarinda Municipal Hospital's name was changed by its Board of Trustees to Clarinda Regional Health Center. In January 2012, the Clarinda Regional Health Center (CRHC) moved into a new replacement hospital and clinic facility on the south edge of Clarinda. CRHC is a municipal, non-profit, Critical Access Hospital licensed for 25 in-patient beds.

===State prison===
Clarinda also holds a state [[prison]] called the [[Clarinda Correctional Facility]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doc.state.ia.us/institutiondescriptions|title=Iowa Department of Corrections - Institution Descriptions|website=www.doc.state.ia.us|access-date=2017-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226213318/http://www.doc.state.ia.us/InstitutionDescriptions|archive-date=2015-02-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Transportation===
Daily intercity bus service to Clarinda is provided by [[Jefferson Lines]]. The bus stop serves buses between Sioux Falls and Kansas City.

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->

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*[[Vernon Baker]], one of seven African-American [[World War II]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipients
*[[Edwin Harris Colbert]], paleontologist
*[[Aletha June Franklin]], politician and civil rights activist
*[[William Peters Hepburn]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]]
*[[Norman Maclean]], author of ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]''
*[[Marilyn Maxwell]], singer and film actress
*[[Glenn Miller]], 1940s [[big band]] leader
*[[Jessie Field Shambaugh]], founder of [[4-H]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.bestiowatown.com/index.html City of Clarinda, Iowa Website] Portal style website, Government, Business, Library, Recreation and more
*[http://www.clarinda.org/ Clarinda Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.developiowa.net/ Clarinda Economic Development Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129131011/http://developiowa.net/ |date=January 29, 2004 }}

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