Editing Lowden, Iowa

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Lowden, Iowa
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = Lowden Iowa 20090712 City Hall.JPG
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Lowden City Hall
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|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location of Lowden, Iowa
<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Iowa]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Iowa|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Cedar County, Iowa|Cedar]]
<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Derrick Lange<ref>{{cite web | title = Meet our Mayor and Council | publisher =  Lowden, Iowa | url = https://cityoflowden.org/council | accessdate = March 31, 2025}}</ref>
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_19.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 2.78
|area_land_km2            = 2.78
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.07
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.07
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 807
|population_density_km2   = 290.28
|population_density_sq_mi = 752.10
<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 732
|coordinates              = {{coord|41|51|32|N|90|55|22|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/>
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 52255
|area_code                = [[Area code 563|563]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 19-46920
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2395777<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2395777}}</ref>
|website                  = {{official website|https://cityoflowden.org/}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Lowden''' is a city in [[Cedar County, Iowa]], United States. The population was 807 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==
Lowden (historically spelled Louden) was [[plat]]ted in 1857 at the time the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Chicago and North Western Railway]] was projected to be built in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA503 | title=The History of Cedar County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc. | publisher=Western Historical Company | year=1878 | pages=503}}</ref> It is named after [[Loudonville, Ohio]], the former hometown of one of its early settlers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95|year=1908|page=95}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all 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/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-07-02}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| collapsed = Y
| location    = Lowden, Iowa (1991–2020)
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =29.1
| Feb high F  =34.2
| Mar high F  =47.6
| Apr high F  =61.6
| May high F  =73.2
| Jun high F  =82.0
| Jul high F  =85.2
| Aug high F  =83.2
| Sep high F  =77.0
| Oct high F  =64.0
| Nov high F  =48.2
| Dec high F  =34.3
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =20.3
| Feb mean F  =24.7
| Mar mean F  =37.1
| Apr mean F  =49.4
| May mean F  =61.4
| Jun mean F  =70.9
| Jul mean F  =73.7
| Aug mean F  =71.5
| Sep mean F  =64.0
| Oct mean F  =51.5
| Nov mean F  =37.8
| Dec mean F  =26.0
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =11.6
| Feb low F  =15.2
| Mar low F  =26.6
| Apr low F  =37.2
| May low F  =49.6
| Jun low F  =59.9
| Jul low F  =62.1
| Aug low F  =59.8
| Sep low F  =50.9
| Oct low F  =38.9
| Nov low F  =27.4
| Dec low F  =17.8
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.58
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.80
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.80
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.10
| May precipitation inch  =4.48
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.08
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.55
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.14
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.55
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.16
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.31
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.04
<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =11.2
| Feb snow inch  =8.0
| Mar snow inch  =6.2
| Apr snow inch  =1.7
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.7
| Nov snow inch  =2.9
| Dec snow inch  =9.1
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
| source = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00134963 |title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher=NOAA |access-date=2025-03-30 }}</ref>
}}<!-- Infobox ends -->

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|1890|405
|1900|544
|1910|584
|1920|655
|1930|697
|1940|645
|1950|642
|1960|641
|1970|667
|1980|717
|1990|726
|2000|794
|2010|789
|2020|807
|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]
}}

===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 807 people, 359 households, and 229 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 751.8 inhabitants per square mile (290.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 371 housing units at an average density of 345.6 per square mile (133.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial]] makeup of the city was 95.5% [[White Americans|White]], 0.0% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.2% from other races and 3.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] persons of any race comprised 1.0% of the population.

Of the 359 households, 28.4% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% were cohabitating couples, 28.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 16.7% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 36.2% of all households were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the city was 42.3 years. 26.0% of the residents were under the age of 20; 4.2% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 and 44; 25.4% were from 45 and 64; and 21.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.3% male and 50.7% 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 789 people, 346 households, and 221 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|773.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 371 housing units at an average density of {{convert|363.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.8% of the population.

There were 346 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.1% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the city was 42.9 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 23.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% 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 794 people, 342 households, and 230 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|785.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 359 housing units at an average density of {{convert|355.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.12% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.13% of the population.

There were 342 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.84.

23.9% are under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,714, and the median income for a family was $45,735. Males had a median income of $32,679 versus $24,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,303. About 4.3% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Parks and recreation==
Lowden Memorial Park is {{convert|17|acre|ha|adj=on}} park featuring baseball diamonds, disc golf, and a walking path.<ref>{{cite web | title = Lowden Memorial Park | publisher =  Lowden, Iowa | url = https://cityoflowden.org/index.asp?SEC=C6F68A85-6F6E-4399-B7CF-0C0EFB310891&DE=C5E085EC-F26C-46CC-837B-FB181AA4EEBB | accessdate = March 31, 2025}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[North Cedar Community School District]] serves the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_NORTH%20CEDAR.pdf|title=North Cedar|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|accessdate=2019-08-02}}</ref>  It was established on July 1, 1995 by the merger of the [[Clarence-Lowden Community School District]] and the [[Lincoln Community School District]]. The former was formed on July 1, 1973 by the merger of the Clarence and Lowden school districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124738/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-09|title=REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|accessdate=2019-08-01}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
Lowden has 20 EMS members and volunteer firemen.<ref>{{cite web | title = Emergency Services | publisher =  Lowden, Iowa | url = https://cityoflowden.org/emergency-services | accessdate = March 31, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Lowden, Iowa}}
*{{official website|https://cityoflowden.org/}}

{{Cedar County, Iowa}}
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[[Category:Cities in Cedar County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Cities in Iowa]]
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