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Joliet, Illinois

**Joliet** is a city in Illinois in the United States. Joliet is 40 miles southwest of Chicago, and is the county seat of Will County. About 150,000 people lived in Joliet as of the year 2020. From 1990 to 2010, Joliet was one of Illinois' quickest growing cities, and one of the quickest growing cities in the United States. It is also home to the Chicagoland Speedway used by NASCAR annually.

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Marengo, Illinois

**Marengo** is a city in Illinois in the United States.  The population was 7,568 at the 2020 census.

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Martinsville, Illinois

**Martinsville** is a city in Clark County, Illinois, United States. In 2020, the population was 1,118.

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McLeansboro, Illinois

**McLeansboro** is a city in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,675 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County.

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Moline, Illinois

**Moline** is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is one of the Quad Cities. As of 2020, 42,985 people lived there.

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Mount Vernon, Illinois

**Mount Vernon** is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census.

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North Chicago, Illinois

**North Chicago** is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It is in Lake County.

North Chicago has the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and the headquarters of Abbott Laboratories.

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Olney, Illinois

**Olney** is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Richland County.

## Other websites 
* Olney city official website
Oregon, Illinois

**Oregon** is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. Oregon is also the county seat. The population was 3,604 people in the 2020 census.

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Orland Park, Illinois

**Orland Park** is a village in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 58,703 people lived there.

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Park City, Illinois

**Park City** is a city in Illinois in the United States. There were 7,885 people living in the city, according to the 2020 census.

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Park Ridge, Illinois

**Park Ridge** is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb.  The population was 39,656 at the 2020 census. It is located  northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area, bordering three northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago's Far North Side (Edison Park, Norwood Park, and O'Hare.)

As its name suggests, Park Ridge lies on a ridge. The soil is abundant with clay deposits, which made it a brick-making center for the developing city of Chicago. Park Ridge was originally called Pennyville to honor George Penny, the businessman who owned the local brickyard along with Robert Meacham. Later it was named Brickton. The Des Plaines River divides Park Ridge from neighboring Des Plaines, Illinois, which is west of Park Ridge. Chicago is south and east of Park Ridge, and Niles and unincorporated Maine Township are to its north.

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Nauvoo, Illinois

**Nauvoo** is a city in Illinois in the United States.  It was settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Joseph Smith, the founder and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, built a temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, according to what he saw in a vision. 

Joseph Smith    

original temple was burnt, but a new one was built in 2002.  Later in the 19th century, there was a utopian (ideal) colony built by a group called the Icarians.
Pleasant Hill, Illinois

**Pleasant Hill** is a village of Pike County in the state of Illinois in the  United States.

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Rockford, Illinois

**Rockford** is a city of Illinois in the United States. It is in Northern Illinois, at the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 39. It is one of the largest cities in the state of Illinois, with a population of 148,655 in 2020. An AHL team called the *Rockford IceHogs* play there.

## References
## Other websites
* Rockford's Official city website
Sandwich, Illinois

**Sandwich** is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population is 7,221 and is in the county's DeKalb, Kendall and LaSalle. It is nicknamed, *"The Fair City"*.

## References 
## Other websites 
* Official city website
Prospect Heights, Illinois

**Prospect Heights** is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. In 2020, 16,058 people lived there.

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St. Charles, Illinois

**St. Charles** is a city in Illinois in the United States. In the 2020 census, St. Charles had a population of 33,081. It is located on the Fox River between South Elgin, Illinois to the north and Geneva, Illinois to the south.
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Streamwood, Illinois

**Streamwood** is a village in Illinois in the United States. In 2020, 39.577 people lived there.

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Sumner, Illinois

**Sumner** is a city in Illinois in the United States. According to the 2020 census, the city has a total area of , all land.

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Vandalia, Illinois

**Vandalia** is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. It is  northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River.  It was the capital of Illinois from 1819 to 1839.  (The state legislature moved the capital from Kaskaskia to a more central location in Vandalia.) It was also the west end of the National (Cumberland) Road, which is now U.S. Highway 40.  Today it is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site (1836). The population was 7,458 at the 2020 census.

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Winchester, Illinois

**Winchester** is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is the county seat of Scott County.

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Wood River, Illinois

**Wood River** is a city in Madison County, Illinois in the United States in the River Bend area.

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Zeigler, Illinois

**Zeigler** is a city in Illinois in the United States. The population was 1,484 at the 2020 census.

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Warsaw, Illinois

**Warsaw** is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,510 at the 2020 census. People know the city for its historic downtown and the Warsaw Brewery.

## History
The city of Warsaw began in 1814. Future president Zachary Taylor founded Fort Johnson on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River across from the mouth of the Des Moines River. Fort Johnson was occupied only for a few weeks before it was burned. In 1815 another military camp, Fort Edwards, was built nearby at a different location. Warsaw became an important fur trading post and one of the earliest European-American settlements in western Illinois.

During the 1840s, Warsaw was one of the centers of opposition to the Mormons at Nauvoo. Thomas C. Sharp, who edited the *Warsaw Signal* at this time lead the anti-Mormons.  The Mormons tried to set up a settlement at Warren, a site just south of Warsaw.  In 1841 Willard Richards moved to Warsaw to oversee the settlement of Warren, but due to the public response to writings by Sharp and other problems, the Mormon settlement was abandoned in 1842. In October 1844, a great gathering was announced in Warsaw. Although it claimed to be a "wolf hunt," people knew that the "wolves" to be hunted were the Mormons. When Governor Thomas Ford heard about it, he sent militia troops to disperse the gathering. Most Mormons left the area for Utah in 1846.

The city has a well-preserved downtown with a number of remaining historic businesses. Founded by German immigrants, the Warsaw Brewery opened in 1861 and operated for more than 100 years, ending production in 1971.  The facility was renovated and reopened in 2006 as a bar and restaurant.

## Notable residents
* John Milton Hay, an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, was raised in Warsaw.  He served as United States Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905 under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
* Illinois politician Benjamin F. Marsh represented the area and is buried in Warsaw.

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Waukegan, Illinois

**Waukegan** () is the largest city in and the county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago, therefore part of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Waukegan was 89,321.

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Bedford, Indiana

**Bedford** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,792. It is the county seat of Lawrence County.

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Alexandria, Indiana

**Alexandria** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It was settled during the 1830s and 1840s by people who thought it would be linked by the planned 296-mile long Indiana Central Canal. The canal was never completed, and Alexandria did not really grow until the discovery of natural gas in 1887.

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## Other websites 
* http://www.alexandriaindiana.net/
Real Time Streaming Protocol

The **Real Time Streaming Protocol** (**RTSP**), developed by the IETF and created in 1998 as RFC 2326, is a protocol for use in streaming media systems, which allows a client to remotely control a streaming media server, issuing VCR-like commands such as "play" and "pause", and allowing time-based access to files on a server.

The sending of streaming data itself is **not** part of the RTSP protocol. Most RTSP servers use the standards-based RTP as the transport protocol for the actual audio/video data. The RTSP server from RealNetworks also features RealNetworks' proprietary RDT as the transport protocol.

## Clients
* GStreamer
* Media Player Classic
* MPEG4IP 
* MPlayer
* QuickTime
* Avi player 
* RealPlayer
* Skype
* VLC media player
* Winamp
* Windows Media Player
* Xine
* MythTV via Freebox
* Gom player 

## Server software
* QuickTime Streaming Server: Apple's closed-source streaming server that ships with Mac OS X Server
* Darwin Streaming Server: Open-sourced version of Quicktime Streaming Server maintained by Apple
* pvServer: Formerly called PacketVideo Streaming Server, this is Alcatel-Lucent's streaming server product.
* Helix DNA Server: RealNetworks' streaming server. Comes in both open-source and proprietary flavors.
* Live555: Open source C++ server and client libraries used in well known clients like VLC and mplayer.
* VideoLAN: Open source media player and streaming server
* Windows Media Services: Microsoft's streaming server included with Windows Server.
* VX30: Streaming video server and embedded JAVA client from Maui X-Stream.

## Related pages
* Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
* Fusion RTSP solution for embedded systems, e.g. IPTV, internet TV and mobile internet devices.

## Other websites
* RTSP.org , a central information repository about RTSP. 
* Tunneling RTSP and RTP Over HTTP  A standard solution to help RTSP work through firewalls and web proxies
Carmel, Indiana

**Carmel** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. The city was first called Bethlehem when it began in 1837. The name was changed to Carmel in 1847.

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Columbus, Indiana

**Columbus** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.

In 2020, 50,474 people were living in Columbus.

## Well-known people 
* Mike Pence (born 1959), former Vice President of the United States

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

**Fort Wayne** is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Census, making it the 83rd most populous city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana after Indianapolis. The city is in northeastern Indiana, about  west of the Ohio border and  south of the Michigan border. 

Under the direction of American Revolutionary War statesman Anthony Wayne, the United States Army built Fort Wayne. It was the last in a series of forts near the Miami tribe village of Kekionga in 1794. Named in Wayne's honor, the settlement established itself as a trading post for European pioneers.

Fort Wayne was known for hosting the first ever nighttime baseball game. In 1982, there was a flood that forced 9,000 residents to leave their homes. It damaged 2,000 buildings and caused US$56.1 million in damage. Because of this, President Ronald Reagan visited the city.

The city has been an All-America City Award winner. It won in 1982, 1998, and 2009. It received an Outstanding Achievement City Livability Award by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 1999.

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## Other websites 
*Official Website
Gary, Indiana

**Gary** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the Midwestern United States. Gary is known for its steel mills and for being the birthplace of singer Michael Jackson and former astronaut Frank Borman. 

The population of Gary is less than 70,000. This is under half what it was in 1960. Industry has been reduced a lot since the 1960s. Most of the city's middle-class and white people moved away. It is now 75% African-American.

Gary has a humid continental climate (Dfa in the Köppen climate classification).

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Greencastle, Indiana

**Greencastle** is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County.  Before Greencastle became a city in 1861, it was a town.  Greencastle, Indiana was founded in year 1821 by a man named Ephraim Dukes after he purchased and later sold some land to the local government.  This type of purchase is called a land grant. Ephraim Duke named the settlement for his hometown of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. The population was 9,820 at the 2020 census. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion of the state.  Greencastle is well known as being the location of DePauw University.

## Demographics
### 2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 9,820 people, 3,564 households, and 2,020 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,908 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.7% White, 2.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 3.2% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0% of the population.

There were 3,564 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 36.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 19.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.3% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76.

The median age in the city was 30.7 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 24.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.9% were from 25 to 44; 19.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.

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Gas City, Indiana

**Gas City** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.  It is in Grant County.  It is along the Mississinewa River. It was first called **Harrisburg**.

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Greensburg, Indiana

**Greensburg** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. The population was counted at 12,312 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Decatur County.

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Hammond, Indiana

**Hammond** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It is a sister city to Galaţi, Romania.

As of 2020 about 78,000 people are living there.

## Well-known people 
* David Wilkerson (1931-2011), evangelist, pastor and writer

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Huntington, Indiana

**Huntington** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.

Major employers include UTEC (United Technologies Electronic Controls) and  Continental Structural Plastics.

In the early 2016, UTEC announced plans to move about 700 of its roughly 800 positions to Mexico.

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Jasper, Indiana

**Jasper** is a city of Dubois County in the state of Indiana, United States.  Jasper is the county seat of Dubois County.

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La Porte, Indiana

**La Porte** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.

## Infamous resident
In April 1908, the home of resident Belle Gunness burned down. The investigation found that Belle Gunness was a killer who would seduce males so she could kill them for their money. It is unknown exactly how many murders she committed-anywhere to from over a dozen to a suspected 50.  There are two main beliefs of Belle Gunness fate; one is that she was killed in the fire caused by her accomplice Ray Lamphere [who died in prison of natural causes]; the other is that she tried to fake her own death [the remains of the woman found with Gunness children did not confirm to Gunness size and weight]. In April  1931 a woman called herself "Esther Carlson" was arrested in California on a charge of poisoning a man named August Lindstrom for his money; she died of natural causes before she could be tried or identified as Gunness..

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Lafayette, Indiana

**Lafayette** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. According to the 2020 Census, the population was 70,783.

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Lake Station, Indiana

**Lake Station** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.

## Geography 
Lake Station has a total area of 8.4 square miles.
Linton, Indiana

**Linton** is a town of the Stockton Township in Greene County in the state of Indiana, United States.

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Montpelier, Indiana

**Montpelier** is a city in Indiana in the United States.

In 2020, there were 1,540 people living in Montpelier.

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Muncie, Indiana

**Muncie** is a city in Indiana in the United States. It is known as "Middletown USA" because many sociological studies were conducted there because it was said to be the typical American city. The population of Muncie in 2020 was 65,194 people.

Muncie is in Delaware County, about  northeast of Indianapolis. The county was named after the Delaware Indians, a native American people, who had moved west from Ohio in the 1770's. They settled along the banks of the White River. One of the settlements was named Muncietown. and *Middletown in Transition*. They wanted to study the typical small American city, which of course can not exist. They wanted to see how life in a city had changed from 1890 to 1925. They were going to study a city they way an anthropologist would study a primitive tribe. They decided to look at six parts of living in a city:
# Getting a living
# Making a home
# Training the young
# Using leisure time
# Religious practices
# Community activities

They chose Muncie because it shared features with many other small cities. The selection was based on the following:
# The city has to share features with many other small cities.
# It had to be small enough, and not too diverse, to make the study possible.
# It had to have a temperate climate.
# Enough growth to cause some problems for people living in the city.
# Industry with modern equipment.
# Variety of industries, not a one factory town.
# An artistic life in the town, but not relying on a university or college to make it happen.
# No unusual features or problems.
# It needed to be in the midwest of America to have a mix of people.
# A population between 25,000—50,000.
# It had to be a self contained town, not a satellite of a larger city.
# Very small population of African-American and foreign born people. This was to keep the focus on cultural change not affected by racial changes.

Muncie was chosen from the 143 cities that met the above descriptions. Since then Muncie has been studied by other sociologists looking at life in America. The Ball State University in Muncie runs the Center for Middletown Studies to continue the research.

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Noblesville, Indiana

**Noblesville** is a city in Indiana in the United States. Its population as of 2020 is 69,604. It is also about 35.8 square miles large.

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Martinsville, Indiana

**Martinsville** is a city of Morgan County in the state of Indiana in the United States.  About 11,900 people were living in Martinsville as of 2020.

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Portage, Indiana

**Portage** is a city in Indiana in the United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, 37,926 people lived there.

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Portland, Indiana

**Portland** is a city in Indiana in the United States. The population in 2020 was 6,320. It is 90 miles west of Indianapolis.

## References
## Other websites 
* Official city website
Richmond, Indiana

**Richmond** is a city in Indiana in the United States and county seat of Wayne County, Indiana.

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Petersburg, Indiana

**Petersburg, Indiana** is a city in Indiana in the United States.  It is the county seat of Pike County.

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Marion, Indiana

**Marion** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. The city is the county seat of Grant County.

The city is the home of Indiana Wesleyan University.

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Mishawaka, Indiana

**Mishawaka** is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. It is built on the banks of the St.Joseph River. First settled in the 1830's, in 2020 there were 51,063 people living in the city. The city is named after a Native American girl, Princess Mishawaka, the daughter of a Shawnee chief, Elkhart.

## History
The first European settlers came to the area after bog iron was found there in the 1830's. Being near the river, it was a good site for industry which could use river transport. The town was first called St.Joseph Iron Works, after the works which started there in 1833. Shortly after, three other small towns were joined together as the city of Mishawaka.

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Rising Sun, Indiana

**Rising Sun** is a city in Indiana in the United States. The population was 2,248 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Ohio County.

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## Other websites
* City of Rising Sun, Indiana – official website
South Bend, Indiana

**South Bend** is a city in northern Indiana in the United States. It is the county seat of St. Joseph County near the St. Joseph River. In the year 2020, the city had 103,453 people living in it. It is the fourth largest city in Indiana. The University of Notre Dame is in South Bend. 

The current mayor is James Mueller since 2020.

In 2025, the city was named the least dirty city in the United States. 

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Tipton, Indiana

*This is about the town in Indiana, USA. For other towns called Tipton, see Tipton (disambiguation).*

**Tipton** is a city in Indiana in the United States.
Whiting, Indiana

**Whiting** is a city in the US state of Indiana. The city is in Lake County on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It is a part of the Chicago Metropolitan District. There were 4,559 people living in Whiting according to the 2020 United States Census.

The city is home to the Whiting Refinery. This is the biggest oil refinery in the Midwest. 

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Valparaiso, Indiana

**Valparaiso** is a city in Indiana in the United States.
## 1917 Time Capsule 
In 2006, in the town hall of Valaparaiso, a time capsule from 1917 was found. Inside was a letter, written by Louis James Gast in 1917. There were also photos, a telephone book, and magazine pages.
Washington, Indiana

**Washington** is a city in Indiana in the United States.

Plating of Washington took place in 1815. The town of Washington gave it its name. 

Washington was traversed by the railroad in 1857. It was a significant depot and maintenance yard for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad by 1889. The railroad was transferred to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1893. The railroad employed more than 1,000 people during this period.
Terre Haute, Indiana

**Terre Haute** is a city in Indiana in the United States.  Indiana State University is in Terre Haute.

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August Krogh

**August Krogh** (Schack August Steenberg Krogh, 15 November 1874  13 September 1949) was a Danish zoologist. He won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his discoveries about capillaries.

## Related pages
*List of biologists

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Adair, Iowa

**Adair** is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is in the counties of Adair and Guthrie. At the 2020 census, 791 people lived there.

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Agency, Iowa

**Agency** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population of Agency was 620 in 2020.

Agency's coordinates are .

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Allison, Iowa

**Allison** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  It was named for U.S. Senator William Boyd Allison. As of 2020, 966 people live in Allison.

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Ames, Iowa

**Ames** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020 there were 66,427 people living in the city. It is was built between Skunk River and Squaw Creek, 35 miles north of the state capital, Des Moines. The town was first settled in 1864 as a railway town at a spot where the Skunk River could be crossed easily. It was named after Oakes Ames, a member of the US Congress who supported building the railway. 

Ames is the home of the Iowa State University. It is also famous for being the home of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center.

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## Other websites
*The Ames Historical Society have many photos
Archer, Iowa

**Archer** is a city of O'Brien County in the state of Iowa in the United States.  Around 117 people were living in Archer as of 2020.

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Argyle, Iowa

**Argyle** is an unincorporated community of Iowa in the United States.  It is in southwestern Lee County.

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Aredale, Iowa

**Aredale** is a city in Iowa in the United States.

## Geography
Aredale is located at  (42.834907, -93.004744).

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Badger, Iowa

**Badger** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population was 522 at the 2020 census.

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Bancroft, Iowa

**Bancroft** is a city in Iowa in the United States.

## Notable residents
*Denis Menke
*Joe Hatten

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Bassett, Iowa

**Bassett** is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is in northeastern Iowa.  It is in Chickasaw County.

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Avoca, Iowa

**Avoca** is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. In 2020, 1,683 people lived there.

## History
Avoca was created in 1869 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad built a railroad near the area. It is named after Avoca in Ireland. It quickly became a regional service center for the nearby farms.

## Geography
Avoca is at  (41.4790, -95.3373). The city is between the West Nishnabotna River and its East Branch.

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

## People
### 2020 census
In 2020, there were 1,683 people living in Avoca. These people made up 704 households. 92.0% of the people were White, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 1.3% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the people.

The median age in the city was 42.1 years old. 49.3% of the people were male, and 50.7% of the people were female. It used to be in the Hancock-Avoca Community School District until July 1, 1996. This was when the district merged into the A-H-S-T Community School District. In turn, that merged into AHSTW on July 1, 2016.

## Famous People
* Richard Beymer (born 1938), the actor best known as Tony, the lead role in *West Side Story*
* Johnny Carson, the television comedian, lived in Avoca as a child until his family moved to Norfolk, Nebraska in 1936.
* Edwin T. Meredith (1876–1928), Secretary of Agriculture under president Woodrow Wilson
* Richard C. Turner (1927-1986), Iowa lawyer and politician, was born in Avoca.

## References
## Other websites
* City of Avoca, Iowa
* The Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society
* Roadside America- Avoca Spider Bug
* Farmall- Land Tractor Museum 
* City Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Avoca
Ankeny, Iowa

**Ankeny** is a city in Iowa in the United States.

It has a population of 67,887 and is the 3rd biggest city in Polk County.

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Belmond, Iowa

**Belmond** is a city in Iowa in the United States. According to the 2020 census, there are 2,463 people living in Belmond and the town's area is 2.8 miles, all of it land. The largest racial ethnic group that exists are Whites forming around 82% of the total population.

## History 
On October 14, 1966, at about 2:55pm, Belmond was hit by an F5 tornado which killed six people and destroyed 650 homes.

## Population
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Bradgate, Iowa

**Bradgate** is a city in Iowa in the United States. As of the 2020 census, 75 people lived there.

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Brandon, Iowa

**Brandon** is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 341 at the 2020 census.

## Roadside attraction
Brandon is home to Iowa's Largest Frying Pan. Built in 2001, the frying pan weighs over 1,000 pounds.

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Brighton, Iowa

**Brighton** is a city in Iowa in the United States. About 600 people lived in Brighton in 2020.

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Bevington, Iowa

**Bevington** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population was 57 at the 2020 census.

The Middle River runs alongside Bevington. Madison County contains the majority of the city. 

The city's total area is 0.46 square miles (1.19 km2), of which 0.45 square miles (1.17 km2) are land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) are water, according to the US Census Bureau.

Bevington is situated on State Highway 92, just next to Interstate 35. 

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Calamus, Iowa

**Calamus** is a city of Clinton County in the state of Iowa, United States.  About 356 people were living in Calamus as of 2020.

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Blakesburg, Iowa

**Blakesburg** is a city in Iowa, one of the United States.

## Geography 
Blakesburg has a total area of .3 square miles.
Carter Lake, Iowa

**Carter Lake** is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, 3,791 people lived there.

## History
Carter Lake is an example of the border irregularities of the United States. It is the only city in Iowa that is west of the Missouri River. In March 1877, a flood changed the course of the river 1.25&nbsp;mi (2&nbsp;km) to the southeast. The parts of the old river course, called Saratoga Bend, became an oxbow lake. It is named Carter Lake. After the creation of the lake, the place became a recreational area. It included "a boathouse at the foot of Locust street, hotels and club houses were numerous and the lake was the scene of many a pleasant rowing and fishing party."

In 1892, after a lot of litigation between Iowa and Nebraska, the Supreme Court of the United States said that Carter Lake is part of Iowa in *Nebraska v. Iowa*, 143 U.S. 359 (1892). The general rule is that state borders follow small changes in the course of a river. However, the Court said that an there's an exception when a river avulses one of its bends. In 1972, the Supreme Court made another ruling about Carter Lake when it ruled on a border dispute between the two states in *Nebraska v. Iowa*, 406 U.S. 117 (1972).

## Geography
Carter Lake is at  (41.292647, -95.913989).

The city is surrounded on three sides by Omaha, Nebraska, and on the fourth by the Missouri River.

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

## People
### 2020 census
The 2020 census says that there were 3,791 people living in Carter Lake. These people made up 1,438 households.

## References
## Other websites
*City of Carter Lake
*History of Carter Lake
*Edward F. Owen Memorial Library 
*Carter Lake Elementary School 
*Carter Lake Community Resource Center
*Carter Lake Preservation Society
*Carter Lake Weather
*Map showing history of Missouri River shifts at Carter Lake
*City-Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Carter Lake
Castana, Iowa

**Castana** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  Castana is at  (42.072518, -95.908266).

## References
Cedar Falls, Iowa

**Cedar Falls** is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls region. University of Northern Iowa was established in Cedar Falls.

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Carson, Iowa

**Carson** is a city of Pottawattamie County in the state of Iowa, United States.  It is found along the banks of the West Nishnabotna River.

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Cincinnati, Iowa

**Cincinnati** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020, the population was 290. It is in Appanoose County.

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Clear Lake, Iowa

**Clear Lake** is a city in Iowa in the United States.

## The Day the Music Died 
On February 3, 1959, a plane carrying the singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, crashed near Clear Lake soon after take off, killing everyone aboard including the 21-year old pilot Roger Peterson. The event was later eulogized by folk singer Don McLean in his 1971 song "American Pie", which led to the crash being nicknamed "The Day the Music Died".

In June 1988, around 600 people gathered to witness the dedication of the monument to the three musicians.

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Clearfield, Iowa

**Clearfield** is a city in Iowa in the United States.
The population of Clearfield was 278 people in 2020.

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Clemons, Iowa

**Clemons** is a city found in Marshall County in Iowa in the United States. The city had a population of 140 in 2020. When the city was created, the city was first called Clemons' Grove. Clemons was founded in 1882. The city became incorporated in 1903.

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Corwith, Iowa

**Corwith** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020 there were 266 people living in Corwith.

## Population
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Council Bluffs, Iowa

**Council Bluffs** is a city in southwest Iowa in the United States, near Omaha, Nebraska.

## Population
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Dayton, Iowa

**Dayton** is a city in Iowa in the United States.

## Geography 
Dayton has a total area of 0.85 square miles.
DeWitt, Iowa

**DeWitt** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In the 2020 US census, there were 5,514 people living there.

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Delaware, Iowa

**Delaware** ( ) is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It was founded on July 22, 1915. At the 2020 United States census, 142 people lived here.

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Denison, Iowa

**Denison** is a city in Iowa, United States. It lies along the Boyer River. 8,373 people lived in Denison in 2020.

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Derby, Iowa

**Derby** is a city in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. 90 people lived here in 2020, when the census was taken. It was founded in 1872. The city is about 0.26 square miles big.

## Demographics 
### 2020 Census 
During the 2020 census, there were 90 people, organized into 37 households. This is 21.7% less than at the 2010 census. The median age was 41.0 years.

The breakdown by age was 28.9% under 18 years, 48.9% from 18 to 65, and 22.2% over 65 years. Males make up 46.7% and females make up 53.3% of the people. The breakdown by race was 94.4% Whites (non-Latino), 4.4% Hispanics or Latinos, and 1.1% others.

Of the 37 households, 29 were *family households*, 20 had a married couple living together, and 14 had children under 18. The average household size is 2.43 people. Of these households, 86.5% were owner-occupied, while 13.5% were renters.

### General 
The population reached its highest point in 1920, where there were 334 people living in Derby. Today, the population is over 70% lower.

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Dolliver, Iowa

**Dolliver** is a city in Emmet County of Iowa in the United States. The population was 65 at the time of the 2020 Census.

## Sources
Doon, Iowa

**Doon** is a city in the northwestern part of Iowa in the United States. In 2020, there were 619 people living there.

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Dubuque, Iowa

**Dubuque** is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is by the Mississippi River. It is the largest city in the area, with 59,667 people.

## History 
Dubuque was lived in by Europeans in 1785. The town was named after the first one Julien Dubuque.

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Dundee, Iowa

**Dundee** is a small town in Iowa in the United States. The town started in 1887, and about 198 people live there. It is built on the banks of the Maquoketa River. The Backbone State Park is one mile north of the town. The original bank, telephone building and hotel are still standing and used as a tavern and housing.

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Eagle Grove, Iowa

**Eagle Grove** is a city of Wright County in the state of Iowa, United States. It is the biggest city in Wright County.

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Earlham, Iowa

**Earlham** is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,410 at the 2020 census.

## History
The city was started on April 26, 1870, and as named for a Quaker college in Richmond, Indiana.
## Sources
Eldora, Iowa

**Eldora** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020 there were 2,663 people living in Eldora.

## Other websites
* Eldora, Iowa, official webpage
* Hardin County farm museum in Eldora 

## References
Farnhamville, Iowa

**Farnhamville** is a city in Iowa in the United States. 383 people lived there in 2020.

## History 
Farnhamville was created in 1881. It was called Farnham at first. Some authorities didn't agree with the name, so it was changed to Farnhamville. 

## References
Floris, Iowa

**Floris** is a city in Davis County, Iowa, United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census.

## History
A post office was opened at Floris in 1847.

## Other sources
Fremont, Iowa

**Fremont** is a city in Iowa in the United States. In 2020, it was said 708 people lived there, in 285 houses.

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Galt, Iowa

**Galt** is a city in Iowa in the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it is land.

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Garner, Iowa

**Garner** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  It is the county seat of Hancock County.

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Gillett Grove, Iowa

**Gillett Grove** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population was 30 in the 2020 census, a decline from 49 in the 2010 census.

## References
Gilmore City, Iowa

**Gilmore City** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  It is in Humboldt and Pocahontas Counties.  The town was first known as Blooming Prairie.

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Garden Grove, Iowa

**Garden Grove** is a city in Decatur County, in Iowa in the United States. There were 174 people at the time of the 2020 census.

## Geography 
Garden Grove is located at 40°49′35″N 93°36′28″W (40.826479, -93.607732).

## History 
A strong EF2 tornado hit the town on March 5, 2022.

## Demographics 
### 2010 census 
At the 2010 census there were 211 people in 49 families, in 78 houses in the city. 

The medium age was 38.1 years.

### 2000 census 
At the 2000 census there were 250 people in 96 houses, in 64 families.

## References
Grant, Iowa

**Grant** is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States. The population was 86 at the time of the 2020 census.

## History 
Grant is named for Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States.  Its commercial district, which was developed(made) from 1871 to 1952, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

## Geography 
Grant is located at  (41.142207, -94.985369).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and  is water.

## Demographics 
### 2010 census 
As of the census of 2010, there were 92 people, 41 households, and 27 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 54 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White.

There were 41 households, of which 17.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.59.

The median age in the city was 52 years. 13% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.8% were from 25 to 44; 35.9% were from 45 to 64; and 25% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

### 2000 census 
As of the census of 2000, there were 102 people, 46 households, and 32 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 60 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.06% White, 0.98% African American, 0.98% Native American, and 0.98% from two or more races.

There were 46 households, out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.69.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $21,806, and the median income for a family was $42,917. Males had a median income of $20,625 versus $36,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,461. There were no families and 10.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

## Education 
The Griswold Community School District operates area public schools.

## References
Greenfield, Iowa

**Greenfield** is a city in the Greenfield Township of Adair County in the state of Iowa, United States.

## References
Hanlontown, Iowa

**Hanlontown** is a city in Iowa in the United States. Its population is 206 according to the 2020 United States Census.

## References
Granville, Iowa

**Granville** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census.

## History
Granville was first found on the map in 1882. It was named after Richard Grenville. He is an English explorer.

## Geography
Granville is located at  (42.984552, -95.875737).

The city has a total area of . This is based on  the United States Census Bureau. All of the area is land.

## Demographics
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Hardy, Iowa

**Hardy** is a rural city in Iowa in the United States. It is one of 13 cities in Humboldt County. The population was just 57 at the time of the 2020 census.

## References
Greenville, Iowa

**Greenville** is a city in the U.S. state of Iowa.

## Geography 
Greenville has a total area of .2 square miles.
Humboldt, Iowa

**Humboldt** is a city in Iowa in the United States made by Stephen Harris Taft, who planned Springvale, the first name of Humboldt in 1863.
## Education
In Humboldt, the Humboldt Community School District manages public schools. 

Humboldt has 4 schools, Taft Elementary School, Mease Elementary School            (Dakota City), Humboldt Middle School, and Humboldt High School.
## References
Ionia, Iowa

**Ionia** is a city in Iowa in the United States. When the amount of people in Ionia was last counted in 2020, there were 226 people living there.

## References
Jefferson, Iowa

**Jefferson** is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is the county seat of Greene County. The number of people living in Jefferson was 4,182 at the 2020 census. It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, which is in the town square, and can be seen for miles.

## References
Jesup, Iowa

**Jesup** is a city in Buchanan County in Iowa in the United States. Part of it is also in Black Hawk County. The population was 2,508 at the 2020 census. It was named after Morris Ketchum Jesup, president of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad.

## References
Jewell Junction, Iowa

**Jewell Junction**, also known as simply **Jewell**, is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is located at  (42.307546, -93.641121). According to the census taken in 2020, there were 1,216 people living in the city, in 483 households.

## References
Guttenberg, Iowa

**Guttenberg** is a city in Iowa in the United States built on the banks of the Mississippi River. The city was named after Johannes Gutenberg, the man who invented printing. In 2020 there were 1,817 people living in Guttenberg. It was an important port for paddle steamers on the river.

## References
Hudson, Iowa

**Hudson** is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Hudson is a suburb of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. It has grown in recent years.

## References
## Other websites
*Hudson Community School 
*City Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Hudson
Hull, Iowa

**Hull** is a city in Iowa in the United States. The city began on May 15, 1886 and was first named Pattersonville after John G. Patterson. The name changed one more time to Winland, before it was named for John A. T. Hull, a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

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Joice, Iowa

**Joice** is a city in Worth County, Iowa, United States. At the 2020 census, 208 people lived there. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

## Geography
Joice is at  (43.363223, -93.455881).

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

## People and housing
At the census of 2020, there were 208 people. The population density was 194.8 people per square mile (75.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.8% White, 8.2% from other races. Hispanic or Latino were 9.1% of the people living in Joice.

There were 80 households. 31.3% of these had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% had married couples living together, 12.5% had unmarried couples living together, 23.8% had a woman living there with no husband, and 18.8% had a man living there with no wife. 31.3% of all houses were made up of just one person. 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of the people living in Joice, 24.0% were under the age of 18, 8.2% were from 18 to 24, 20.2% were from 25 to 44, 30.3% were from 45 to 64, and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. There were 100 females and 108 males.

## References
Kiron, Iowa

**Kiron** is a city in Iowa in the United States. Kiron was founded in 1899, built around the railroad that used to go through Kiron. Today, Kiron is a very small community, and in 2020 the population was 267. Kiron has 2 parks, the "Living Memory Park" (located on the south side of town) and the "North Park" (located on the north side of town). Kiron also has a small fire department, but no police station. The fire department also has an ambulance.

## References
Knoxville, Iowa

**Knoxville** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  It is the county seat of Marion County. Knoxville is home of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.

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Lake City, Iowa

**Lake City** is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa in the United States. It was founded in the year 1856.
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Lake Mills, Iowa

**Lake Mills** is a city of Winnebago County in the state of Iowa in the United States.  2,143 people were living in Lake Mills as of 2020.

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Le Claire, Iowa

**Le Claire** is a city in Iowa in the United States.  The city takes its name from Antoine LeClaire, a trader who owned the land.  The town was officially founded in 1855, but it had been a settlement since the 1830s.   It is also the birthplace of William Frederick Cody, widely known as Buffalo Bill.

## Culture 
### Tugfest 
An annual three-day event in August in which a rope is pulled back and forth across the Mississippi River by two teams of 20.  Tugfest is celebrated by both Port Byron, the city opposite Le Claire, and Le Claire itself.  Events include a fireworks show, live bands, running race, food stands, and a carnival.  Many of these events are shared by both Port Byron and Le Claire.

### Buffalo Bill Museum 
A museum built to recognize Buffalo Bill, who grew up in Le Claire.

### American Pickers 
Le Claire is known nationally for being the home of the antique store "Antique Archaeology" featured on the reality television show American Pickers, which is aired by the History Channel.
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