 Due to his role in the organizing of the community, it was proposed to be named VanLeeuwenville, which was voted down for a variety of reasons.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²), all of it land.As of the census of 2000, there were 8,551 people, 3,019 households, and 2,267 families residing in the city.