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Butler County, Iowa
Butler County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 14,334. Its county seat is Allison, Iowa, Allison. The county was organized in 1854 and named for General William O. Butler. History Butler County was formed on January 15, 1851, from open land. It was named after Kentucky native William Orlando Butler, a general and hero of the Mexican–American War, who ran as Vice President of the United States in 1848. Until 1854, the county was governed by other counties. Only at this time did it have enough inhabitants to establish its own local government. The first court proceedings were conducted in a small log cabin of a settler. In 1858, the first courthouse was completed in Clarksville. After it was sold shortly thereafter to the local school district, it was used as a schoolhouse from 1863 until 1903. Clarksville, Iowa, Clarksville was the first county seat, from 1854 to 1860, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler County Courthouse (Iowa)
The Butler County Courthouse is located at 428 Sixth Street in Allison, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1975 and replaced a structure originally measuring completed in 1881 when the Butler County, Iowa, county seat relocated from Clarksville to Allison. The 1881 courthouse was enlarged in 1903 and again in 1937. Beginning in the 1950s, county officials realized the need for a new building and requested funding through ballot proposals in 1956, 1957, and 1970. Voters rejected these proposals forcing officials to cancel court hearings and other functions due to insufficient heat and overloaded electrical wiring and rent space in other buildings. Their fourth request for funding in 1973 was successful and officials received 13 bids to construct a new courthouse. They selected the Marshalltown, Iowa firm of Cervetti-Weber & Associates, Inc. at a cost of $48,878.84. The new courthouse would be constructed on the grassy area immediately south of the 1881 building. Groundbreaking was A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elongated Circle 57
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Hardin County, Iowa
Hardin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 16,878. The county seat is Eldora, Iowa, Eldora. The county was named in honor of Col. John J. Hardin, of Illinois, who was killed in the Mexican–American War. History Hardin County was formed in 1851. It was named after Colonel John J. Hardin, who died in the Mexican–American War. In its history the county has had three courthouses. The first was a small wood-framed building, which burned down in the 1850s. The second courthouse was a two-story building and stood on the site of the current office of the county sheriff. The third and Hardin County Courthouse (Iowa), present courthouse was constructed in 1892 and opened on September 19, 1893. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Cerro Gordo County (; ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 43,127. Its county seat is Mason City, Iowa, Mason City. The county is named for the Battle of Cerro Gordo, which took place during the Mexican–American War. Cerro Gordo County is part of the Mason City, IA Mason City micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Cerro Gordo County was formed in 1851 and takes its name from the Battle of Cerro Gordo in the Mexican–American War, where General Winfield Scott defeated the Mexican General Santa Anna on April 18, 1847. In 1851 the first white settlers came into the area of the present county and settled on Clear Lake. Four years later, on August 7, 1855, the first elections were held and the first legal proceedings occurred in 1857. In the summer of the same year, Livonia was chosen as the new county seat. In 1858, the seat was returned to Mason City. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chickasaw County, Iowa
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,012. Its county seat is New Hampton. The county was named for the southern Indian Nation whose chief was ''Bradford''. History Chickasaw County was founded in January 1851. It was named after the Chickasaw tribe, which lived in the Southern United States at the time. The first nonindigenous settlers arrived in 1848 and the first county seat was from 1854 in Bradford, in the southwestern corner of the county. In the spring of 1857, the seat was moved to New Hampton, located near the geographic center, and was then called Chickasaw Center. The first county offices were housed in private houses and in the school building. The first courthouse, a wood-frame building, was erected in 1865. That building was enlarged in 1876, but a fire on March 26, 1880, destroyed it (townspeople managed to save the records). A brick/stone replacement structure was completed in 1881, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin County, Iowa
Franklin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,019. The county seat is Hampton, Iowa, Hampton. The county was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Benjamin Franklin. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.09%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 35 in Iowa, Interstate 35 * U.S. Route 65 in Iowa, U.S. Highway 65 * Iowa Highway 3 * Iowa Highway 57 Transit Adjacent counties *Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Cerro Gordo County (north) *Butler County, Iowa, Butler County (east) *Hardin County, Iowa, Hardin County (south) *Wright County, Iowa, Wright County (west) *Grundy County, Iowa, Grundy County (southeast) Demographics 2020 census The 2020 census recorded a population of 10,019 in the county, with a population density of . 92.62% of the population reported being of one race. There were 4,65 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grundy County, Iowa
Grundy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,329. The county seat is Grundy Center. The county is named for Felix Grundy, former U.S. Attorney General. Grundy County is included in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area. History Grundy County was formed on January 15, 1851, and became self-governing in 1856. It was named after Felix Grundy of Tennessee, a statesman, Senator, member of the House of Representatives and Attorney General under President James K. Polk. The first courthouse was built in 1861. The wooden, two-story building contained a courtroom, but was used for other purposes, including housing the office of the sheriff, county treasurer, the judge, as well as a chamber for the jury. The cornerstone for a second courthouse was laid on November 11, 1891. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.01%) is water. Major highways * U.S. High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Black Hawk County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 131,144, making it Iowa's fifth-most populous county. The county seat is Waterloo. Black Hawk County is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls metropolitan area. History Black Hawk County was formed on February 17, 1853, from sections of Buchanan County. It was named after Black Hawk, a Sauk leader during the 1832 Black Hawk War. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. The Cedar River roughly divides the county in half from the northwest to the southeast corner. The land is mostly level since much of it is on the river's flood plain. Major highways * Interstate 380 * U.S. Highway 20 * U.S. Highway 63 * U.S. Highway 218 * Iowa Highway 21 * Iowa Highway 27 * Iowa Highway 57 * Iowa Highway 58 * Iowa Highway 175 * Iowa Highway 281 Transit * Metropolitan Transit Author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremer County, Iowa
Bremer County () is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 24,988. Its county seat is Waverly. The county was named for Fredrika Bremer, a Swedish feminist writer. Bremer County is included in the Waterloo- Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. It is intersected by the Cedar and Wapsipinicon rivers. Major highways * U.S. Highway 63 * U.S. Highway 218 * Iowa Highway 3 * Iowa Highway 27 * Iowa Highway 93 * Iowa Highway 188 Adjacent counties * Chickasaw County (north) * Fayette County (east) * Floyd County (northwest) * Black Hawk County (south) * Buchanan County (southeast) * Butler County (west) Demographics 2020 census The 2020 census recorded a population of 24,988 in the county, with a population density of . 97.01% of the population reported being of one race. 92.39% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd County, Iowa
Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,627. The county seat is Charles City. History Floyd County was established in 1854 and was named for Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who died in 1804 near what is now Sioux City, Iowa, and who was the only member to die on the Expedition. The first school in the county was taught at Nora Springs in 1854. The second was opened at Charles City, the third at Floyd. Twelve years later there were 54 schools in the county, in September 1875, there were 100 school-houses in Floyd County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 18 * U.S. Highway 218 * Iowa Highway 14 * Iowa Highway 27 Adjacent counties * Mitchell County (north) * Chickasaw County (east) * Butler County (south) * Cerro Gordo County (west) * Howard County (northeast) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
