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About Kent (Click for more information)
| | Located in Iowa (see below) |
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| | Located in Union County (see below) |
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| | Time Zone: Located in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. |
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| | Elevation: 370 feet [112.78 m] above sea level<1> |
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| | Housing Units:<2> | 27 |
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| | Latitude/Longitude<3> |
| | Lat: | 40°57'8" N (or 40.95° N) |
| | Long: | -94°27'15" W (or -94.45° W) |
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| | Name of USGS Topo Map:<4> Kent |
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| | Federal Identification Codes for Kent |
| | GNIS ID: 458048 |
| | FIPS State/Place Code: 19/40710 |
| | (For more detail, see our Misc. Page for Kent) |
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About Union County (Click for more information)
| | Population |
| | 2008 (Est):<5> | 12,261 |
| | 2000: | 12,272 |
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| | Total Area: | 426 sq miles [1,103 km²] |
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| | Housing Units: | 5,657 |
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| | The community of Creston is the County Seat for Union County. |
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| | Federal Identification Codes for Union County |
| | GNIS ID: 465276 |
| | FIPS State/County Code: 19/175 |
| | (For more detail, see our Misc. Page for Kent) |
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kent - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). For more information, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | The longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Kent, rather it may be a prominent feature such as the location of City Hall, the main Post Office, an airport, the center of population, etc. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | The USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Kent. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2000 Census and the next count will be for the 2010 Census. - Return to Citation |
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| Last Modified: 10 Jan 2010 |
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