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Spirit Lake, Iowa

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The city of Spirit Lake is located in Dickinson County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Spirit Lake: Spirit Lk.

Spirit Lake is 440 feet [134.11 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Arkansas, Idaho and Washington have communities that are also named Spirit Lake.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Spirit Lake had a population of 4,261 people<2> (or 25.89% of the total population of Dickinson County). The population of Spirit Lake represented 0.15% of the total of Iowa, making it the state's 86th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Spirit Lake had a population of 4,692 people. This is an increase of 10.11% 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 Spirit Lake.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20084,692+10.11%+0.6% since 2007
20074,664+9.46%+0.67% since 2006
20064,633+8.73%+1.53% since 2005
20054,563+7.09% 
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20004,261The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Estherville   E13 mi [20.92 km]6,2915.48% decrease
 Lake Park   W10 mi [16.09 km]9734.89% decrease
 Milford   S6 mi [9.66 km]2,472---
 Spencer   S18 mi [28.97 km]10,9862.92% decrease
 Terril   SE10 mi [16.09 km]3649.9% decrease
 Wahpeton   SW4 mi [6.44 km]4385.19% decrease

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




Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Spirit Lake. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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  RV Parts     Schools    
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Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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


Footnotes

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

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Spirit Lake.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Spirit Lake and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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