Littleport, Iowa
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated Community
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|map_caption = Location of Littleport, Iowa
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|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Clayton
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|area_total_km2 = 0.9
|area_land_km2 = 0.9
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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.3
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_total = 26
|population_density_km2 = 30.1
|population_density_sq_mi = 78.0
|timezone = Central (CST)
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|timezone_DST = CDT
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|elevation_m = 217
|elevation_ft = 709
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 52055
|area_code = 563
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|blank_info = 19-45750
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Littleport is an unincorporated community and former city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. After the Volga River flood of May 16, 1999, much of the town was destroyed and most residents moved away. At the 2000 Census, there were 26 residents. As of the 1960 Census, there had been 119 residents.1967 Worldbook, Vol. I, p. 306a There had been 139 people in 1950Columbia-LippincottGazetter, p. 1064 and more than 200 people in 1916.{{Cite book|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZDdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA347|title=History of Clayton County, Iowa, from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present: Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Many Representative Families, Prepared from Data Obtained from Original Sources of Information|editor-last=Price|editor-first=Realto E.|publisher=Robert O. Law Company|year=1916|location=Chicago|pages=347–348}} The town was laid out in 1857 by Dennis Quigley and platted on May 21, 1860, but remained of little importance until the coming of the railroad in 1874.{{Cite book|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZDdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA492|title=History of Clayton County, Iowa, from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present: Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Many Representative Families, Prepared from Data Obtained from Original Sources of Information|editor-last=Price|editor-first=Realto E.|publisher=Robert O. Law Company|year=1916|location=Chicago|pages=492}} The town was not officially incorporated until 1907. Around this time, it had three general stores, a bank, blacksmith shop, Catholic church (built in 1909; torn down in 1990),{{Cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/clayton/church/SacredH-Littlept.htm|title=Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Littleport|access-date=August 26, 2018}} German Lutheran church (damaged by the May 1999 Volga River flood and later moved to higher ground),{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/organization-launches-32-million-plan-for-turkey-river-flooding-20150629|title=Organization launches $32 million plan for Turkey River flooding|date=June 29, 2015|website=Cedar Rapids Gazette|access-date=August 26, 2018}} an independent school district and a creamery. Somewhat later, it also had two taverns.{{Cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/clayton/NEIAHills/NEIAHills_2.htm|title=Northeast Iowa Hills: A Picture Guide to Allamakee and Clayton Counties|last=Jack|first=Apple|date=c. 1960}} It was officially disincorporated in 2005.{{cite web| title =New, Consolidated and Discontinued Cities| work =State Data Center of Iowa| publisher =Iowa Data Center| date =2007-06-27| url =http://www.iowadatacenter.org/aboutdata/citydevelopmentboard/| access-date =2007-09-15}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 21, 2025}}
| 1910 = 166
| 1920 = 191
| 1930 = 203
| 1940 = 170
| 1950 = 139
| 1960 = 119
| 1970 = 97
| 1980 = 106
| 1990 = 88
| 2000 = 26
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At the 2000 census,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} there were 26 people, 13 households and 8 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|78.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 14 housing units at an average density of {{convert|42.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.
There were 13 households, of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.44.
15.4% of the populace were under the age of 18, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 42.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males.
The median household income was $23,125, and the median family income was $46,250. Males had a median income of $51,250 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,237. There were no families and 15.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 20.0% of those over 64.
Education
Central Community School District of Elkader operates public schools serving the community.{{cite web|url=https://www.central.k12.ia.us/about--145|title=District About|publisher=Central Community School District|access-date=2020-04-05|quote=Elkader. Elkport. Garber. Littleport. Mederville. St. Olaf. Volga [listing communities within the district boundaries]}} - See also [https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_CENTRAL.pdf Central CSD boundaries] and the [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st19_Iowa/Place/1945750_Littleport/CBP1945750_001.pdf 2000 Census Map] and
[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st19_Iowa/19043_Clayton/90B19043_000.pdf 1990 Clayton County census index] with [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st19_Iowa/19043_Clayton/90B19043_010.pdf Page 10 showing Littleport]
See also
Other discontinued cities in Iowa:
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st19_Iowa/Place/1945750_Littleport/CBP1945750_001.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: LITTLEPORT City|work=2000 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st19_Iowa/19043_Clayton/90B19043_000.pdf|title=1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): CLAYTON County|work=1990 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} - Littleport is on page [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st19_Iowa/19043_Clayton/90B19043_010.pdf 10]
{{Clayton County, Iowa}}