New Haven, Iowa

New Haven is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of New Haven was 77.[2]

New Haven, Iowa
Census-designated place
New Haven is located in Iowa
New Haven
New Haven
New Haven is located in the United States
New Haven
New Haven
Coordinates: 43°17′04″N 92°38′32″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyMitchell
Government
 • mayorRuss Kephart
Area
[1]
 • Total1.93 sq mi (4.99 km2)
 • Land1.93 sq mi (4.99 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,119 ft (341 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total77
 • Density39.96/sq mi (15.43/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
50461 (Osage)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID459476[3]

History

New Haven was first settled circa 1883; there had been a general store at the site since 1878.[4] New Haven's population was 19 in 1902,[5] and 27 in 1925.[6]

Geography

New Haven is in southeastern Mitchell County, 9 miles (14 km) east of Osage, the county seat and post office serving New Haven. Iowa Highway 9 runs along the western edge of the community, leading west to Osage and northeast 10 miles (16 km) to Riceville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Haven CDP has an area of 1.93 square miles (5.00 km2), all land.[1] The Little Cedar River runs along the southwest edge of the CDP, flowing south to the Cedar River at Nashua.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
201091—
202077−15.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References
  1. "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  2. "P1. Race – New Haven CDP, Iowa: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  3. "New Haven". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. Clyde, Jefferson F. (1918). History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 169.
  5. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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