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Middle Amana, Iowa

Census-designated place in Iowa, United States

41°47′44″N 91°53′59″W / 41.79556°N 91.89972°W / 41.79556; -91.89972Country

United StatesState

IowaCountyIowaArea

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• Total0.97 sq mi (2.52 km²) • Land0.97 sq mi (2.52 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

750 ft (230 m)Population

(2020)

• Total543 • Density558.64/sq mi (215.66/km²)Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)ZIP Code

52307

FIPS code19-51600GNIS feature ID459023

Middle Amana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It is the largest of the seven villages of the Amana Colonies, all designated as a National Historic Landmark. As of the 2010 Census, the population of Middle Amana was 581.^[2]

Geography

Middle Amana is in northeastern Iowa County, on the north side of the valley of the Iowa River. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Amana and 2 miles (3 km) east of High Amana. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Middle Amana CDP has an area of 1.0 square mile (2.7 km²), all land.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	543		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

History

In 1881, Middle Amana contained a woolen mill, starch factory, machine shop, wagon shop, blacksmith shop, book printing and bindery, brick yard, general store, school, and meeting house.^[4]

Education

Clear Creek–Amana Community School District operates public schools serving the community. Amana Elementary School is in Middle Amana,^[5]^[6] and Clear Creek–Amana Middle School and Clear Creek–Amana High School are in Tiffin.

Amana High School in Middle Amana was established after a 1935 bond election.^[7] The school closed in 1991.^[8]

Clear Creek–Amana Middle School was previously in Middle Amana.^[9]

Notable person

Bill Zuber, baseball player and restaurateur

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Middle Amana CDP, Iowa". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ The History of Iowa County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Union Historical Company. 1881. pp. 765.
^ Home Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Amana Elementary School. Retrieved on October 24, 2017. "Amana Elementary 3023 220th Trail Amana, IA 52203"
^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Middle Amana CDP, IA." U.S. Census Bureau. retrieved on October 24, 2017.
^ Hoehnle, Peter. Amana Colonies: 1932-1945. Arcadia Publishing, 2016. ISBN 1467115401, 9781467115407. p. 108.
^ Hoehnle, Peter. Amana Colonies: 1932-1945. Arcadia Publishing, 2016. ISBN 1467115401, 9781467115407. p. 110.
^ Home. Clear Creek–Amana Middle School. February 23, 1999. Retrieved on October 24, 2017. "3023 220th Trail Middle Amana, Iowa 52307".