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Welcome to Essex ...The city of Essex is located in Page County<1>. The location of Essex has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Essex, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Essex has a population of 742 people<3> (see below for details). Essex is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Essex lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Essex is located in the (712) area code. The ZIP code for Essex: 51638<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Essex had an population of 742 people. This is a decrease of 7.02% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.06% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Essex had a population of 798 people (which is 5.01% of the total population of Page County). This makes Essex the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Essex represents 0.03% of the total population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 347th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 798 people, the population of Essex decreased 9.73% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 884 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Essex. Communities Also Named Essex ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Essex - they are located in Arkansas, California (3), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (3), Kansas (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Essex. Communities near Essex ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Essex.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Essex. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Essex. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Essex. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Essex. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Essex. See our Newspapers Page for Essex. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Essex ...Looking for more information about Essex? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Essex, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Essex. Adding Essex to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Essex in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Essex was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Essex in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Essex. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Essex. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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