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The crematorium was the first in the state of Iowa and thirteenth in the United States. [2] It is the ninth oldest crematorium still in existence in the United States. [4] Initially, the crematorium served not only the city of Davenport, but the needs of the state of Iowa and larger cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Denver. [2]
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Mendip Way, a footpath across the Mendip Hills; Mendip TV Mast, a transmitter in the Mendips area; Forest of Mendip, an ancient forest in Somerset, England; Baron Mendip, a short-lived title of the Peerage of Great Britain Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip (1713–1802) Mendip Power Group, micro electricity generation in the Mendip area
The store was operational when the Des Moines Valley Railroad made it to Kesho in December 1869; [3] however, a November 24, 1870 newspaper article from the Iowa Northwest Newspaper reads, “The city has disappeared from the face of the earth—not like Pompeii—but it has gone off on wheels.
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Severe damage was done to the central business district with 25 of the 35 business either destroyed or severely damaged. The middle school was also destroyed as were about 110 homes. Another 139 homes were damaged. The General Telephone Company exchange building for Manson was completely destroyed - the first time this had ever happened in Iowa ...
As of the census of 2020, [10] there were 1,020 people, 459 households, and 279 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,237.2 inhabitants per square mile (477.7/km 2).