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'''Coin''' is a city in [[Page County, Iowa|Page County]], [[Iowa]], United States. The population was 176 at the time of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> The [[Wabash Trace]]—a railroad converted to a bicycle trail—passes through here.
==History==
Coin was [[plat]]ted in 1879, on the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] line.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historypagecoun01kersgoog | title=History of Page County, Iowa | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Kershaw, W. L. | year=1909 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historypagecoun01kersgoog/page/n454 446]}}</ref> The origin of the name "Coin" is obscure.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=145|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=141}}</ref>
==Notable people==
* [[Charles Roy Henderson]] (1911–1989), statistician and a pioneer of animal breeding, was born in Coin
==Geography==
Coin is located along the [[Tarkio River]].
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.80|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref>
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[[File:CoinIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|left|alt=The population of Coin, Iowa from US census data|The population of Coin, Iowa from US census data]]
===2010 census===
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[[File:Coin iowa post office 7-1-2008.jpg|right|thumb|Coin Post Office]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 252 people, 102 households, and 68 families living in the city. The
There were 102 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.03.
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==Education==
It is in the [[South Page Community School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_SOUTH%20PAGE.pdf|title=South Page|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|accessdate=2020-06-25|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625223447/https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_SOUTH%20PAGE.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Government ==
The [[incumbent]] mayor is James Horter who won the most votes. The [[Mayor Pro-Tem]] is Barbara McCollum. City Council Members Christine Sheetz, Jim Clark, Jake Hill and Ruby Thomas. The City Maintenance Superintendent is Tim McCollum and the City Clerk is Rhonda Byers.
==References==
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