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Sparrow's 40-horse hitch. This celebration was a one-day event in July that has now grown into a three-day event. Zearing has a long history of other horse trainers other than the Sparrow family as well who have been a significant part of the town's culture and history. Individuals such as Verne Matson, Eric Brown, and Dean Johnston all successfully worked with large draft horse teams and claimed Zearing as home.
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Zearing Days Celebration festival during the last weekend in July. This celebration used to be held to commemorate Labor Day, but had not been put on since the 1980s, that was until 2000 when a group of Zearing residents decided to start the tradition again. Once started back up
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living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.3% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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Zearing was $ 24,001, which is lower than the state average, and the median household income was $ 54,861, 90% of the average for the rest of the state. 17% of the town lives under the poverty line, which is far higher than the rest of the state which has an average
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Zearing population has received a high school degree, which is the same as the Iowa state average. Although Zearing has a lower-than-average percentage of the population having received college degrees, only 28.4% of the town's population has received a college degree compared to the
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The median age in the city was 39 years. 25.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.6% were from 25 to 44; 22.4% were from 45 to 64; and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.
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Lincoln Township, being founded on October 17, 1881, and incorporated on February 6, 1883. It was named for William Mitchell Zearing, a judge from
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1680:Iowa portal
1647:Ghost towns
1637:Iowa Center
1624:communities
1476:McCallsburg
1411:County seat
1220:January 31,
1170:December 5,
1145:December 5,
997:McCallsburg
941:other races
914:2000 Census
878:2010 Census
849:2020 Census
293:2020 census
81: /
1703:Categories
1612:Washington
1582:New Albany
1502:Story City
1058:August 12,
1052:census.gov
1010:References
918:As of the
882:As of the
275:feature ID
183:Population
69:93°17′53″W
1665:Footnotes
1587:Palestine
1562:Lafayette
1529:Townships
1441:Cambridge
1352:March 25,
1330:March 22,
1294:March 25,
1029:March 16,
987:Education
828:March 29,
311:Geography
263:FIPS code
251:Area code
205:Time zone
175:Elevation
66:42°9′42″N
1592:Richland
1542:Franklin
1491:Sheldahl
1266:March 1,
1243:March 1,
945:Hispanic
935:, 0.65%
931:, 0.81%
927:, 0.16%
864:of 11%.
839:Source:
527:Average
467:(−12.1)
462:(−13.0)
267:19-87555
239:ZIP code
1656:Ontario
1632:Fernald
1597:Sherman
1572:Milford
1567:Lincoln
1537:Collins
1507:Zearing
1471:Maxwell
1456:Gilbert
1446:Collins
1195:May 11,
1120:June 4,
1083:May 11,
894:, 0.2%
816:Source:
517:(−9.8)
512:(−2.5)
502:(11.6)
497:(15.7)
492:(15.8)
487:(13.7)
472:(−2.9)
452:(14.8)
437:(17.2)
432:(24.5)
427:(29.1)
422:(27.9)
417:(25.6)
412:(20.9)
407:(15.8)
397:(−0.9)
392:(−1.8)
330:Climate
305:Chicago
299:History
285:Zearing
278:0463254
95:Country
1607:Warren
1577:Nevada
1552:Howard
1497:Slater
1486:Roland
1481:Nevada
1466:Kelley
1461:Huxley
1428:Cities
1418:Nevada
949:Latino
920:census
884:census
855:Census
798:−10.2%
759:+17.8%
668:+18.8%
655:+60.3%
596:(860)
571:(110)
566:(110)
561:(130)
556:(110)
522:(2.4)
507:(3.3)
482:(7.1)
477:(2.1)
447:(1.0)
442:(9.8)
402:(8.8)
343:Month
317:Nevada
135:County
125:
105:
1602:Union
1547:Grant
1324:(PDF)
1313:(PDF)
1285:(PDF)
937:Asian
925:White
892:White
811:−4.7%
785:+0.5%
772:−2.5%
746:+1.3%
733:+2.7%
720:+8.0%
707:+0.2%
694:+0.8%
681:+2.2%
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382:Year
244:50278
233:(CDT)
231:UTC-5
210:UTC-6
140:Story
115:State
1451:Colo
1436:Ames
1354:2020
1332:2020
1296:2020
1268:2009
1245:2009
1222:2008
1197:2012
1172:2022
1147:2022
1122:2015
1085:2012
1060:2021
1031:2022
1004:Colo
834:and
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765:1990
752:1980
739:1970
726:1960
713:1950
700:1940
687:1930
674:1920
661:1910
648:1900
635:1890
623:Pop.
619:Year
594:33.8
520:36.3
515:14.4
510:27.5
505:37.9
500:52.8
495:60.3
490:60.4
485:56.6
480:44.8
475:35.8
470:26.7
465:10.3
450:58.7
445:33.8
440:49.6
435:62.9
430:76.1
425:84.4
420:82.2
415:78.1
410:69.7
405:60.4
400:47.8
395:30.4
390:28.8
379:Dec
376:Nov
373:Oct
370:Sep
367:Aug
364:Jul
361:Jun
358:May
355:Apr
352:Mar
349:Feb
346:Jan
273:GNIS
146:Area
128:Iowa
40:City
947:or
808:528
795:554
782:617
769:614
756:630
743:535
730:528
717:514
704:476
691:475
678:471
665:461
652:388
639:242
589:1.1
584:2.0
579:2.3
574:3.2
569:4.4
564:4.5
559:5.2
554:4.4
549:3.1
544:2.0
539:0.8
534:0.8
460:8.6
256:641
224:DST
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