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Creston is located on U.S. Route 34 in southwest Iowa, approximately 55 miles (90 km) southwest of Des Moines and 80 miles (130 km) east of Omaha, Nebraska. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.25 square miles (13.60 km 2 ), of which 5.19 square miles (13.44 km 2 ) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km ...
The Iowana Hotel, now known simply as The Iowana, is a historic building located in Creston, Iowa, United States. Because Creston was on the mainline of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and it was a divisional headquarters, it received a steady flow of visitors. Hotels that featured fireproof construction and modern amenities, such ...
Union County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,138. [1] The county seat is Creston. [2] Organized at a time of tensions before the Civil War, the county was named in 1853 for the union that people wanted to preserve. Union County peaked in population at the 1900 ...
Creston station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Creston, Iowa.The station is served by the Chicago–San Francisco Bay Area California Zephyr.Constructed by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and opened in 1899, the station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad-Creston Station.
Creston Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Creston, Iowa. The district is in sections of Adams and Union counties, with a very small section in Ringgold County. It serves Creston and Prescott. [2] As of 2018, it had about 1,400 students. [3] Also there are 114,59 teachers.
March is Iowa History Month. To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa ...
The third courthouse, completed in 1890, was built in Creston by the citizens of that town as an inducement to have the county seat moved there. The present courthouse replaced it in 1952. A $300,000 bond issue passed in 1946, and the Modernist structure was completed in 1952. [ 2 ]
The Des Moines Register, literally born in a log cabin, became Iowa's leading newspaper. See a timeline, 50 photos from Register and Iowa history.