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Breitbach's Country Dining is a casual dining restaurant and bar located in the town of Balltown in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. Breitbach's is the oldest continuously operating restaurant and bar in the state of Iowa, having been open since August 23, 1852. The establishment has been owned and operated by the Breitbach family since 1862.
Dubuque (/ d ə ˈ b juː k / ⓘ, dəb-YOOK) is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. [3] At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. [4]
Dubuque County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,266, [1] making it the eighth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Dubuque. [2] The county is named for Julien Dubuque, the first European settler of Iowa. Dubuque County comprises the Dubuque, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3]
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The district is a blufftop residential area that surrounds Madison Park. It takes its name from its proximity to the former German Theological Seminary, now the seminary located at the University of Dubuque. Clarke Drive, the main artery through the district, was also known as Seminary Street at one time.
The Middle Fork rises west of Dubuque and flows under and then parallel to U.S. Route 20; the former Illinois Central Railroad, now the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad has its mainline in it. [citation needed] Swiss Valley Park, maintained by Dubuque County, is along the main fork of the creek, which is a designated trout stream through ...
The state of Iowa is covered by five area codes. The map to the right is clickable, click on any of the area codes on the map to go to the area code for that region or use the text links below. The map to the right is clickable, click on any of the area codes on the map to go to the area code for that region or use the text links below.
Bishop Mathias Loras, the first Bishop of Dubuque, founded the a Catholic institution of higher education in his residence in 1839. St. St. Raphael's Seminary, primarily for the education of priests, was probably the first college established in what would become the State of Iowa . [ 2 ]