Princeton, Iowa

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Princeton is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 946 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Education
3 Churches
4 Demographics
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Princeton is located at 41°40′24″N, 90°20′35″W (41.673282, -90.342953)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Education

Princeton is part of the North Scott School District, which spans 220 square miles in northern Scott County. The district is served by a seven-member board of education, which meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the district's Administration Center in Eldridge.

Elementary-aged students from Princeton, as well as McCausland and adjacent rural areas, attend school at Virgil Grissom Elementary, located on the city's west edge. Older students attend either North Scott Junior High or North Scott High School, both located in Eldridge.

[edit] Churches

Princeton residents are served by two churches:

• Zion Lutheran Church, part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The church's history dates to 1852, when the now-defunct Salem Lutheran Church was founded. The Salem church building, located four miles west of Princeton, was abandoned after merging with Zion Lutheran, which was formed in the 1890s. The building was later torn down, while a co-located cemetery remains in use. The Zion building, at 204 Highway 67, was built in 1898 and extensively remodeled in 1971. Organizations include the church choir, a Youth Group, Men's Group and Women of Joy. A nine-member church council represents the church's interests.

• Princeton Presbyterian Church, part of Presbyterian Church USA's Presbytery of East Iowa. The church was founded in 1854, and a building ereced on Third Street in 1856 for $800. The 1856 building burned in 1888, and a new structure was built that year. Several additions and remodelings have taken place since then. The church had a short-lived stint with a more fundamentalist branch of the Presbyterian Church in the mid-1930s; membership waned for several years due to resulting fallout, but new leadership helped revitalize the church. Organizations include a choir, a bell choir, a Good News Club and a youth group.

Both churches are members of the Princeton, Pleasant Valley, Argo and LeClaire Pastors' Group, a coalition of clergy from churches serving those communities.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 946 people, 362 households, and 264 families residing in the city. The population density was 143.2/km² (370.5/mi²). There were 377 housing units at an average density of 57.1/km² (147.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.73% White, 0.11% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.74% of the population.

There were 362 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,833, and the median income for a family was $53,182. Males had a median income of $38,289 versus $21,923 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,678. About 5.6% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.