 The Madison County Courthouse Winterset is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison CountyGR6. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2816x2112, 1229 KB)I took this picture with my own digital camera. ...
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Holliwell Bridge, one of the six remaining covered bridges in Madison County Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ...
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A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Holliwell Bridge, one of the six remaining covered bridges in Madison County Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ...
Geography Winterset is located at 41°20′9″N, 94°0′50″W (41.335901, -94.013981)GR1. Image File history File links IAMap-doton-Winterset. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.1 km² (3.5 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Winterset is located about 45 minutes southwest of the state capital of Des Moines. Nickname: Hartford of the West, City of Skywalks, DSM Location in the State of Iowa, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Iowa County Polk County Incorporated September 22, 1851 Mayor Frank Cownie Area - City 200. ...
History The City of Winterset was first platted in 1849. This year is considered by the Madison County Historical Society and city government to be the year of Winterset's founding. Winterset's sesquicentennial (150 years) was celebrated in the summer of 1999. Among the original family names thought to be living in Winterset around the time of its founding were: Bilderback, Danforth, Guiberson, Gentry, Berthold, Tidrick, Pitzer, Gaff, Berger, Ruby, Hornback, Dougherty, Wilhoit, Walkup, McPherson, Wilkinson, Gaskill, Houk, and Hutchings.
Landmarks Winterset is widely known for its covered bridges. A total of 7 Covered Bridges are located in Madison County, including one in Winterset City Park. The annual Covered Bridge Festival celebrates the bridges and local heritage every second full weekend in October. In 2006, the festival was held October 14th and 15th. A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof. ...
Another notable landmark is Clark Tower, located in Winterset City Park, which offers breathtaking views of the surrounding Middle River Valley area. This article is about a structure in Winterset,Iowa. ...
The Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge (1870) on Display in Winterset City Park. ...
The Madison County Courthouse, in the middle of the town square, was built in 1868, and rebuilt in 1876 after being partially destroyed by fire.
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,768 people, 1,884 households, and 1,230 families residing in the city. The population density was 524.5/km² (1,357.9/mi²). There were 1,998 housing units at an average density of 219.8/km² (569.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.87% White, 0.06% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 1,884 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 31.5% 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 2.39 and the average family size was 3.01. Matrimony redirects here. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,142, and the median income for a family was $42,951. Males had a median income of $31,536 versus $22,146 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,274. About 5.8% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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Famous Residents
 The Birthplace of John Wayne is Open to the Public in Winterset, IA. The actor John Wayne was born in Winterset in 1907. His name at birth was Marion Michael Morrison. The Morrison family lived in the area until 1911. After 1911 the family moved to California because doctors felt that it would help the health of John's father. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 877 KB) Taken by MadMaxMarchHare. ...
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John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, popularly known as Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ...
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, popularly known as Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ...
George Washington Carver lived in Winterset in the mid-1880's, and worked there as head cook for a hotel downtown. George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ...
Fred Clarke, who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, was born in Winterset on Oct 3, 1872. Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the West Side Grounds in 1903. ...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related...
Winterset is also the name of a famous play by Maxwell Anderson inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case. It starred Burgess Meredith, Margo, and Eduardo Ciannelli on Broadway, and they repeated their roles in the 1936 film version. (James) Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Roger L. Stevens, John F...
Sacco (right) and Vanzetti Nicola Sacco (1891 - August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888 - August 23, 1927) were two Italian anarchists, who were arrested, tried, and executed in Massachusetts in the 1920s on charges of murder of a shoe factory paymaster named Frederick Parmenter and a security guard named Alesandro...
Burgess Meredith in Probe (1972) Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was a versatile American actor and is best known for portraying Rocky Balboas trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and the Penguin in the television series Batman. ...
Margo in The Leopard Man (1943) Margo (born MarÃa Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y ODonnell on May 10, 1917 in Mexico City; died July 17, 1985 in Pacific Palisades, California), and also known as Margo Albert, was a movie actress and dancer. ...
Eduardo Ciannelli, sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli, (30 August 1889 - 8 October 1969), was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals. ...
Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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