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Marysville, Iowa
Marysville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 44 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Marysville is located on the north bank of Cedar Creek, 15 miles southeast of Knoxville, Iowa, Knoxville, the county seat of Marion County, Iowa, Marion County.John W, Wright and W. A Young, Marysville, Chapter X -- Towns and VillagesHistory of Marion County, Volume I S. J. Clarke, Chicago, 1915; pages 172-173. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. History There are numerous coal exposures on the banks of the branches of Cedar Creek both north and south of Marysville. In 1846, one exposure south of Marysville was found to be on fire, and this fire continued until June 1851, when heavy rains and flooding extinguished the fire. The county surveyor, Joseph Brobst, filed a plat for Marysville on March 4, 1851, creating 26 lots and a public square that was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
