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Melbourne suffered the worst disaster in the town's history when a fire consumed the whole business district in 1903; then in 1981 the southern end of town was destroyed by a tornado. [ 5 ] The mayor of Melbourne from 1984 until 1998 was Bill Crews , an openly gay man who revealed his orientation during his term, in 1993.
Honey Creek is an unincorporated community in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,014 feet (309 m). [ 1 ] Although it is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code 51542.
Brown Apartments is a historic building located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.Designed by local architect William J. Brown, this is an early example of an apartment suites building type and the first known English basement apartment building in the city. [2]
During the Iowa flood of 2008, the Cedar River reached a record high of 31.12 feet (9.49 m) on June 13 (the previous record was 20 feet (6.1 m)), surpassing the 500-year flood plain. 1,126 city blocks were flooded, or more than 10 square miles (26 km 2), and 561 city blocks were severely damaged, on both banks of the Cedar River, comprising 14% ...
Main Street, Coon Rapids, Iowa, 1959. Coon Rapids is a city in Carroll and Guthrie counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,300 at the 2020 census, which is a decrease of 5 from the 2000 census. [4] The small portion of Coon Rapids that lies in Guthrie County is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the census of 2020, [8] there were 78 people, 35 households, and 29 families residing in the community. The population density was 182.8 inhabitants per square mile (70.6/km 2).
Sperry in Des Moines County Iowa, in 1903. Sperry got its start in the year 1869, when John M. Sperry settled there and opened a post office. [8]Sperry was a station stop on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway later a part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; construction of the line began in 1869.
Viola is an unincorporated community in eastern Linn County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads, northeast of the city of Cedar Rapids, the county seat of Linn County. [2] Its elevation is 978 feet (298 m). [1] Although Viola is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52350, [3] which opened on 7 October 1861. [4]