Asbury, Iowa
| Asbury, Iowa | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Motto: "You're Home." | |
 Location in the State of Iowa |
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| Coordinates: 42°30′56″N 90°45′48″W / 42.51556°N 90.76333°WCoordinates: 42°30′56″N 90°45′48″W / 42.51556°N 90.76333°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Iowa
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| County | Dubuque |
| Incorporated | 1933 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Adams |
| Area | |
| • City | 2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2) |
| • Land | 2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 932 ft (284 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 5,451 (according to special census in 2,016) |
| • Estimate (2012) | 4,866 |
| • Density | 1,567.7/sq mi (605.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 92,359 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 52002 |
| Area code(s) | 563 |
| FIPS code | 19-03160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0454247 |
| Website | www.cityofasbury.com |
Asbury is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and a suburb of the city of Dubuque. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,357 at the 2010 census. Asbury is the second-largest city in Dubuque County, surpassing Dyersville, Iowa to become the second-largest in the 2010 U.S. Census count. The city is largely a bedroom community, made up of spacious, new subdivisions whose residents work in Dubuque or Peosta, Iowa.
Asbury was settled beginning in the 1830s, at first by Methodists. The city is named after British-born Bishop Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. The city was incorporated in 1933, following the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ended prohibition. The city incorporated to gain the legal standing necessary to sell alcohol, as liquor licenses were still forbidden in rural areas.
For most of its history, Asbury was very small, much like hundreds of other towns in rural Iowa. In the 1960 census, Asbury still had only 71 residents. During this time, the City of Dubuque grew immensely, and the sprawl reached the Asbury area beginning in the 1960s. By 1970, Asbury had 410 residents and had grown fast enough to become the fastest growing city in the state of Iowa.
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