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He arrived in town in 1857 from Des Moines, four years after Nevada and Story County were founded. He worked in a variety of commercial ventures before becoming a banker. Briggs invested heavily in real estate, and he became one of the largest land owners in the county. [2] The two-story, brick, Italianate style house was completed in 1879.
Nevada is served by US Highway 30 which was known as the Lincoln Highway and Lincoln Way in town. Entering Nevada, Iowa, on the Lincoln Highway. It bisects Nevada north and south through the business district. A new US Highway 30 bypass was built in the 1970s to the south of the city and Lincoln Way through town was reduced to county road status.
Nevada Township covers an area of 34.3 square miles (89 km 2) and contains the incorporated town of Nevada. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Nevada Cemetery, Mound Cemetery and Pleasant Run Cemetery. U.S. Route 30 runs east–west through the township, and County Road S27 runs north–south.
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Swift Transportation is a Phoenix, Arizona-based American truckload motor shipping carrier, part of Knight-Swift. With over 23,000 trucks, it is the largest common carrier in the United States. [ 2 ] In 2017, Swift merged with Knight Transportation , also of Phoenix.
Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop, located along Interstate 80 off exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. It sits on a 220-acre (89 ha) plot of land, three times larger than an average 75 acres (30 ha) truckstop, [ 1 ] and it receives 5,000 visitors daily.
Story County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,537, [1] making it the ninth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Nevada; [2] the largest city is Ames. The geographical center of Iowa lies in Story County, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Ames. [3]
The town's name is a syllabic abbreviation of California, Nevada and Arizona. Cal-Nev-Ari was created in 1965 by Nancy and Everette "Slim" Kidwell, who acquired a 640-acre (260 ha; 1.00 sq mi) section of land from the U.S. government and commenced development of an airport-based community an hour by road from Las Vegas .