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Mason City is a city and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. [2] The population was 27,338 in the 2020 census. [3] Mason City is known for its musical heritage, high concentrations of renowned Prairie School style architecture, and a close connection with nearby Clear Lake.
In 1858, the seat was returned to Mason City. In 1866, the first courthouse was erected, which was used until 1900. The courthouse still used today opened on November 17, 1960. Cerro Gordo County was the site of the airplane crash north of the city of Clear Lake, in which rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P.
In the year 2000, the Iowa Capitol Police Division was placed into the Iowa State Patrol and became District 16. District 16 maintains a highly visible security presence on the 167-acre (0.68 km 2 ) Capitol Complex in Des Moines and the 6.5-acre (26,000 m 2 ) Terrace Hill Governor's Residence, the official residence of the governor of Iowa.
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Image taken by the Iowa Wing of homes pushed against a railroad bridge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after the Iowa Flood of 2008. [4]Civil Air Patrol conducts emergency service missions, including: inland search and rescue missions, disaster relief missions including aerial surveillance missions, and air evacuation of the sick and injured.
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Mason Township covers an area of 18.1 square miles (47 km 2) and contains no incorporated settlements. It is the smallest township in area in the county. Mason City, the county seat, borders it to the north. A very tiny exclave of the township actually lies just northeast of Mason City.