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$44,334
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Fort Madison, IA - History
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Welcome to the Fort Madison Home page. The Fort Madison Home page provides as much information as possible on Fort Madison. Knowing Fort Madison’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fort Madison’s Home page, you will also find Fort Madison’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Fort Madison has a population of 10407. 52.7% of Fort Madison’s inhabitants are Male, and 47.3 are female. 49.2% of Fort Madison is married and 69.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $81,303, and the average rent is $745. Household median income in Fort Madison is $44,334, and the individual median income is $25,102. Fort Madison’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.7%), Hispanic(6.1%), Black(4.1%), Multiple(2%), Native(0.1%), Other(0.1%).
The first settler at the ruins of the fort was General John Holly Knapp, who in 1832 bought a claim to some land of the fort and built the first building in the fall of the same year, utilized as an Indian Supply Store. Early next spring and his cousin Nathaniel Knapp with family settled there, joined by some other settlers the same year, In June 1835, General Knapp and Nathaniel Knapp, laid out the town of Fort Madison.
Due to some land title issues, in 1840 the town was relocated on the same lot lines by the government.
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