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Postville, Iowa
Postville is a city in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51, with airport facilities in the neighboring communities of Waukon, Decorah, Monona and Prairie du Chien. The population was 2,503 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,273 in 2000. The city is in Allamakee County's southwestern corner and Clayton County's northwestern corner in a quad county, or four-corner region, where four counties intersect. Winneshiek County is just to the west and Fayette County is just to the southwest of Postville.
The area of what is now Postville was first settled in 1843 by pioneer settler and mill worker Joel Post, hence the name of the city. Postville was platted in 1853. The population had ancestry from Germany and Norway. Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, until circa the 1990s, "Postville was basically all white and all Christian."
On March 17, 1873, Postville was officially incorporated as a city.
In 1987, a group of Hasidic Jews started Agriprocessors, a Kosher slaughterhouse, in Postville. By 1999, the plant attracted immigrants from various countries, especially those from Latin America and the former Soviet Union. After numerous accusations of mistreatment of cattle, pollution, and violations of labor law, the federal government raided the facility in May 2008, resulting in hundreds of arrests of undocumented workers. Agriprocessors filed for bankruptcy on November 5, 2008; SHF Industries bought the plant at auction in July 2009 and it has resumed production under the new name Agri Star.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.11 square miles (5.46 km2), all land.
As of the 2020 census, Postville had a population of 2,503. The median age was 29.4 years. 35.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.1 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 788 households in Postville, of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.0% were married-couple households, 20.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Postville, Iowa
Postville is a city in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51, with airport facilities in the neighboring communities of Waukon, Decorah, Monona and Prairie du Chien. The population was 2,503 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,273 in 2000. The city is in Allamakee County's southwestern corner and Clayton County's northwestern corner in a quad county, or four-corner region, where four counties intersect. Winneshiek County is just to the west and Fayette County is just to the southwest of Postville.
The area of what is now Postville was first settled in 1843 by pioneer settler and mill worker Joel Post, hence the name of the city. Postville was platted in 1853. The population had ancestry from Germany and Norway. Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, until circa the 1990s, "Postville was basically all white and all Christian."
On March 17, 1873, Postville was officially incorporated as a city.
In 1987, a group of Hasidic Jews started Agriprocessors, a Kosher slaughterhouse, in Postville. By 1999, the plant attracted immigrants from various countries, especially those from Latin America and the former Soviet Union. After numerous accusations of mistreatment of cattle, pollution, and violations of labor law, the federal government raided the facility in May 2008, resulting in hundreds of arrests of undocumented workers. Agriprocessors filed for bankruptcy on November 5, 2008; SHF Industries bought the plant at auction in July 2009 and it has resumed production under the new name Agri Star.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.11 square miles (5.46 km2), all land.
As of the 2020 census, Postville had a population of 2,503. The median age was 29.4 years. 35.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.1 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 788 households in Postville, of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.0% were married-couple households, 20.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.