La Motte
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city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Jackson
- Incorporated
- May 24, 1879
- Founded by
- Alexander La Motte
- Total
- 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km )
- Land
- 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 945 ft (288 m)
- Density
- 522.6/sq mi (201.79/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-43050
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- La Motte
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jackson County
- Population
- 237
- Area
- 1.184475
- Elevation
- 282
- Image
- Harris-Wagon-and-Carriage-Shop.jpg
- Households
- 109
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- postal code
- 52054
- Commons category
- La Motte, Iowa
- inception
- 1873-01-01
- P8168
- Péter Hannich
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 32763
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
La Motte is a small city in northern Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 237 at the time of the 2020 census. The town was started in the nineteenth century by several settlers from the Eastern United States including Alexander La Motte and David Owen Montague.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Motte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.