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Marshalltown, Iowa

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The city of Marshalltown is located in Marshall County and is the county seat.

Marshalltown is 270 feet [82.3 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Marshalltown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Marshalltown can be found in:

 New Jersey 
 Nova Scotia 
 South Dakota (historic<2>) 
 Virginia 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Marshalltown had a population of 26,009 people<3> (or 66.15% of the total population of Marshall County). The population of Marshalltown represented 0.89% of the total of Iowa, making it the state's 18th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Marshalltown had a population of 25,850 people. This is a decrease of 0.61% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Marshalltown.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200825,850-0.61%+0.9% since 2007
200725,619-1.5%+0.66% since 2006
200625,452-2.14%-0.57% since 2005
200525,599-1.58% 
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200026,009The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albion   NW6 mi [9.66 km]5752.87% decrease
 Baxter   SW19 mi [30.58 km]1,0430.86% decrease
 Conrad   N13 mi [20.92 km]9925.97% decrease
 Gilman   SE12 mi [19.31 km]5705% decrease
 Gladbrook   NE14 mi [22.53 km]9902.46% decrease
 Le Grand   E7 mi [11.27 km]97510.42% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Marshalltown.

Websites for Marshalltown

Official Website:   www.ci.marshalltown.ia.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshalltown.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Marshalltown or Marshall County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Marshalltown? Please visit the Map Page for Marshalltown.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marshalltown - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Marshalltown, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Marshalltown.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Marshalltown and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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