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Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.

Iowa is the 26th largest in total area and the 31st most populous of the 50 U.S. states, with a population of 3.19 million. The state's capital, most populous city, and largest metropolitan area fully located within the state is Des Moines. A portion of the larger Omaha, Nebraska, metropolitan area extends into three counties of southwest Iowa. Other metropolitan statistical areas in Iowa include Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Ames, Dubuque, Sioux City, and the Iowa portion of the Quad Cities. Iowa is home to 940 small towns, though its population is increasingly urbanized as small communities and rural areas decline in population.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, pioneers laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy began to transition to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production.

Politically, Iowa is notable for the Iowa Caucuses, an influential event in national politics, as well as its high levels of voter turnout and foundational leadership in civil rights including early adoption or support of black suffrage. (Full article...)

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Davenport, Iowa, was part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the British military along with the Sauk and Meskwaki peoples fought against the Americans near Davenport. In August, Major Zachary Taylor, later the 12th President, fought a battle east of what is now Credit Island Park in Davenport. An outpost was set up at Fort Armstrong and George Davenport and Antoine LeClaire were stationed there.

Davenport was established in 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and named after his good friend Colonel George Davenport. The first settlers of Davenport were mostly Germans. After a county seat dilemma with neighboring town Rockingham in 1840, Davenport was established as the county seat of Scott County. Davenport was declared to be Iowa's first military headquarters just before the Civil War by Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood. In November 1865, the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was opened in Davenport to take in children left orphaned by the Civil War. In 1895, the city hall was built, and in 1897, the first chiropractic school in the world, Palmer Chiropractic College was opened. (Full article...)

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State flag:
Flag of the State of Iowa
State seal:
Great Seal of the State of Iowa
State motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
State nickname: The Hawkeye State
State bird: Eastern Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
State flower: Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa pratincola)
State grass: Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata)
State tree: Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
State rock: Geode
State soil: Tama
State song: The Song of Iowa
State tartan: Iowa State Tartan
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2004 U.S. quarter-dollar Iowa


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