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Cresco is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,888 at the 2020 census , down from 3,905 at the 2000 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Howard County .
Kellow House is a historic building located in Cresco, Iowa, United States.Kellow was a native of Cornwall in England who settled in Iowa in 1854. He established his own grocery and merchandise firm, and had this house built in 1880 for his new wife and future family. [2]
The South Ward School was a historic building located in Cresco, Iowa, United States. It served as a grade school from 1897 to 1978. Because of low enrollment it was not used from 1949 to 1953. [2] The 2½-story brick structure was built on a raised limestone basement, and it was capped with a hipped roof.
The Howard County Courthouse in Cresco, Iowa, United States was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. [1] The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Cresco Opera House, also known as the Cresco Theater, is a historic building located in Cresco, Iowa, United States. The first known theater in Cresco was the Lyric Hall, which opened in 1875. It showed the first movies around 1900. [2] The Family and the Cozy theaters opened around the turn of the century.
To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa History Month: ...
Howard–Winneshiek Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Cresco, Iowa. [2] It is mostly in Howard and Winneshiek counties, with a small section in Chickasaw County. It serves Cresco, Chester, Elma, Lime Springs, and Ridgeway. [3] It has a total of 434 square miles (1,120 km 2) of land. Circa 2003, it was ...