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Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [9] The population was 62,799 at the 2020 census, [6] making it the state's tenth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa.
Bristol Borough was settled in 1681, and named after Bristol, England. [5] It was originally used as a port and dock. It is rich in history, with many historic and restored houses along the streets of Radcliffe and Mill. In 1697, the Pennsylvania Provincial Council ordered that a town be laid out in the location. A petition was submitted by ...
Iowa Highway 192 (Iowa 192) was a north–south highway within the city limits of Council Bluffs, Iowa. It had a length of 5 miles (8.0 km). It began and an interchange with Interstate 29 (I-29) and I-80 in the southern part of the city. It briefly overlapped U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) near downtown. It ended at another interchange with I-29 just ...
In addition to residential architecture, there are two churches and the city's water works that are contributing properties: St. Mary and St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (c. 1925), the Council Bluffs Waterworks (reservoir, 1941 Works Progress Administration; pump house, 1947), and the Community of Christ Church (1951).
A year later, it was extended further south along US 30A, ending at US 6 in Council Bluffs. The highway was 64 miles (103 km) long at its longest extent. [6] Starting in the early 1980s, the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) began to shorten Iowa 183's route. By 1983, the route had been truncated to Council Bluffs's northern city limits.
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Council Bluffs was founded in the late 1840s as Kanesville by Mormons. When Brigham Young called all people of the faith outside of Utah to Salt Lake City in 1852, the community ceased to be majority Mormon. It was renamed Council Bluffs in 1853. The buildings here are among the earliest extant commercial buildings in the city. [2]
Part of the district is in Jackson's Addition, which is the first addition to the original town of Council Bluffs. [2] It also sits along the base of the loess bluffs to the east. The neighborhood generally developed between 1855 and 1930.