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Creston is located on U.S. Route 34 in southwest Iowa, approximately 55 miles (90 km) southwest of Des Moines and 80 miles (130 km) east of Omaha, Nebraska. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.25 square miles (13.60 km 2 ), of which 5.19 square miles (13.44 km 2 ) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km ...
Union County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,138. [1] The county seat is Creston. [2] Organized at a time of tensions before the Civil War, the county was named in 1853 for the union that people wanted to preserve. Union County peaked in population at the 1900 ...
Creston Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Creston, Iowa. The district is in sections of Adams and Union counties, with a very small section in Ringgold County. It serves Creston and Prescott. [2] As of 2018, it had about 1,400 students. [3] Also there are 114,59 teachers.
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) began operation as part of the Iowa community college system in 1966, on a 406-acre (1.64 km 2) campus in northwest Creston, Iowa.. SWCC is a two-year public institution offering programs for transfer to four-year colleges and universities; career and technical education programs to train students for the workforce; continuing education courses and ...
The third courthouse, completed in 1890, was built in Creston by the citizens of that town as an inducement to have the county seat moved there. The present courthouse replaced it in 1952. A $300,000 bond issue passed in 1946, and the Modernist structure was completed in 1952. [ 2 ]
[3] [4] Creston Evening News was founded as a weekly in 1879 and began daily circulation in 1881. [5] The Creston News Advertiser was purchased by Shaw Media in 1946. [6] The paper ever since has managed by a subsidiary called Creston Publishing Company. [5] The company has also published the Fontanelle Observer and the Adair County Free Press ...
Creston Municipal Airport covers an area of 360 acres (146 ha) at an elevation of 1,300 feet (396 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways: 16/34 is 4,901 by 75 feet (1,494 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 4/22 is 1,692 by 100 feet (516 x 30 m) with a turf surface.
Arispe (/ ə ˈ r ɪ s p iː /) [3] is a city in Union County, Iowa, United States. The population was 96 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is closely related to the nearby town of Creston .