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This was about 1.7% of the city's population in 1910. By 1880, Des Moines had a population of 22,408, making it Iowa's largest city. It displaced the three Mississippi River ports: Burlington, Dubuque, and Davenport, that had alternated holding the position since the territorial period. Des Moines has remained Iowa's most populous city.
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As of the 2020 census, the population was 492,401. [1] It is Iowa's most populous county, and home to over 15% of the state's residents. The county seat is Des Moines, [2] which is also the capital city of Iowa. Polk County is included in the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3]
The McCaughey septuplets, born in 1997 in Des Moines to parents from nearby Carlisle, and the world's first set of septuplets to all survive infancy; Clark R. Rasmussen, member of the Iowa House of Representatives; James Redfield, railroad engineer and surveyor for the Union Armies of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
West Des Moines: 68,723 Polk, Warren, Dallas: The West Des Moines area used to be home to the Sac and Fox tribes. West Des Moines is the second-largest city in the Des Moines metropolitan area and the sixth-largest city in Iowa. It ranked 94th in Money magazine's list of the "100 Best Places to Live and Launch" in 2008. [6]
Her funeral service will be held on Saturday morning in Madison, according to the obituary. Vergara is survived by her parents and brother. West and Vergara died of “homicidal firearm related ...
William J. Riley Sr. (October 7, 1920 [1] – December 15, 2006) was an American entertainer known as "Mr. State Fair" in Iowa. Riley was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa.His father died when he was 18 months old, and Bill and his brother were raised by their mother through the Great Depression.
Ruth Sue Ann Robison, 45, and her spouse Tony Ray Robison, 52, both took bullets to the head when the shooting erupted at the home in Des Moines, Iowa last Friday.