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This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Iowa, arranged in alphabetical order. This list contains a number of historical communities which no longer exist, and also includes a number of disincorporated cities.
The company was acquired by a management group in 1990 and changed its name again to United Country seven years later. [4] United Country Real Estate had approximately 150 franchises by 1997 and 300 by 1999. [4] This grew to 700 franchise members by 2007, when Dan Duffy and his investment partners acquired the company. [11]
On the northern side of the city of Des Moines and passing through the cities of Altoona, Clive, Johnston, Urbandale and West Des Moines, I-35 and I-80 converge into a long concurrency while I-235 takes a direct route through Des Moines, Windsor Heights, and West Des Moines before meeting up with I-35 and I-80 on the western edge of the metro.
Back in 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked Des Moines No. 1 among the richest metro areas. The capital of Iowa has the highest median income in the nation relative to the cost of living.
Polk County's name referred to United States President James K. Polk, who served from 1845 to 1849. The first courthouse, a two-story structure, was built in Des Moines in 1846. Rapid settlement and commercial growth in the county soon rendered this building insufficient, so construction of a larger building was initiated in 1858.
Des Moines County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,910. [1] The county seat and largest city is Burlington. [2] It is one of Iowa's two original counties along with Dubuque County; both were organized by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1834.
Berwick is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States, on the east bank of Fourmile Creek. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Map of the Berwick area from 1908, showing the railroads and coal mines (red) of the region. Berwick is in the lower center.
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.