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US 75 splits away to the south and Iowa 9 heads into downtown Rock Rapids, where it crosses the Rock River. East of Rock Rapids, the highway follows a section line that is four and a half miles (7.2 km) south of the Minnesota state line. Halfway between Rock Rapids and Little Rock, Iowa 9 intersects the northern and southern legs of County Road ...
Iowa 91 began in rural Lyon County at an intersection with Iowa 9 at a point nearly equidistant to Rock Rapids in the west, Little Rock east, and George south. It headed north over flat terrain with farmland on both sides of the highway. [2] Near the midpoint of the route, it crossed a branch of Tom Creek, which itself is a branch of the Rock ...
South Dakota–Iowa state line: Lyon: Inwood: 4.992: 8.034: Iowa 182 north to Iowa 9: Sioux: Lincoln Township: 24.853: 39.997: US 75 north – Rock Rapids: Western end of US 75 overlap: 25.848: 41.598: US 75 south – Sioux Center: Eastern end of US 75 overlap: O'Brien: Sheldon: 42.184: 67.889: Iowa 60 Business south (2nd Avenue) Western end of ...
The railroad did not come to Lyon County until 1885 when the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N) proposed to construct a line between Little Rock, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota via Rock Rapids. The county and local citizens promised financial support, and the line was completed the following year.
The eastern branch traveled through Le Mars and Rock Rapids before entering Minnesota. [11] There had been some competition between advocates for the South Dakota–Minnesota and Iowa–Minnesota routes, but in early 1918, compromise was reached and both forks were designated as the King of Trails.
Rock Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Iowa, United States. [2] The population was 2,611 in the 2020 census , an increase from 2,573 in the 2000 census . [ 3 ]
There, both Iowa 22 and Iowa 92 follow Iowa 38 toward the city's riverfront. [2] [3] US 61 and Iowa 92 south of Muscatine. US 61 continues to the northeast along a four-lane expressway; two exits provide access to Blue Grass. A few miles east of Blue Grass, the highway meets and turns north onto Interstate 280 (I-280).
10 to 20 miners could produce 100 tons per day. To reach this mine, the B&W built a track west along 7th avenue in Oskaloosa, just south of the Rock Island tracks, crossing the Iowa Central wye and then paralleling the Iowa Central tracks to the mine. [31] [32] [33] The Long Brothers mine closed in 1899. [34] Lost Creek Fuel Company shaft ...