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Welcome to the Charles City Home page. The Charles City Home page provides as much information as possible on Charles City. Knowing Charles City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Charles City’s Home page, you will also find Charles City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Charles City has a population of 7351. 46.7% of Charles City’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.3 are female. 49.9% of Charles City is married and 61% own their own home. The Average Home price is $94,705, and the average rent is $530. Household median income in Charles City is $37,301, and the individual median income is $25,596. Charles City’s Ethnic is the following: White(89%), Hispanic(6.9%), Asian(2.8%), Black(2.8%), Multiple(2.4%), Pacific(1.4%), Native(1.1%), Other(0.4%).


Charles City is in a location subject to tornadoes, and has been severely damaged by them many times in its history. In the summer of 1858 (possibly July 21), while still known as the village of St. Charles, a "Terrific Tornado" was recorded. There were 16 deaths, 13 inside the village. The property value of buildings destroyed was into the thousands of dollars (1858 dollars), and the loss of crops was said to be "beyond competition", according to the newspaper account.On June 8th 1908 a tornado destroyed or substantially damaged around 200 homes and barns.


Residents W. R. Beck and a child were killed. The path of the tornado ran through the southeast part of the city, missing the business district. Loss of property was fifty thousand dollars (1908 dollars). Many people around the region remember Charles City as the site of a devastating F5 tornado that ripped through town on May 15, 1968.


It resulted in 13 dead, hundreds injured, and was one of the largest twisters ever recorded in the state, this storm destroyed much of the downtown – 256 businesses and 1,250 homes. Damage estimates were of more than $20 million.


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