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Iowa Falls (Iowa)

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Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes 20 and 65 and the Canadian National and Union Pacific Railroads. The population was 5,106 at the time of the 2020 census. A landmark in the city is its movie theater. Built as the Metropolitan Opera House in 1899, it presented plays, operas, and vaudeville in the town during the first half of the twentieth century, and today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Iowa Falls was laid out and platted in 1856. It was named from the falls on the Iowa River. The Illinois Central Railroad was built through Iowa Falls in 1866. Iowa Falls is located at (42.5221, -93.2673). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Iowa Falls is located at the point where the Iowa River flows through a limestone gorge deep between bluffs that rise another . The falls themselves were also known as the "rapids of the Iowa." The falls are now submerged by a dam built in 1926 that is feet high and 200 feet long and serves a hydroelectric power station that currently generates 1.5MW. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Iowa Falls has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. At the 2010 census there were 5,238 people, 2,207 households, and 1,295 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,462 housing units at an average density of . The racial makup of the city was 94.0% White, 2.7% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 1.0% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9%. Of the 2,207 households 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.3% were non-families. 37.
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