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Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. [2] As of the 2020 United States census the population was 67,314, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state. [3] Waterloo comprises a twin conurbation with neighbor municipality Cedar Falls.
The Dunsmore House is a historic building in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Thomas Chadwick, a master stonemason originally from England, built this house from native rusticated limestone about 1866. It is one of the earliest extant houses, and the only house made of limestone block still extant in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area. [2]
A 4-cent-per-US-gallon (1.1 ¢/L) increase in Iowa's gas tax in 1988 (equivalent to 10 ¢/US gal [2.6 ¢/L] in 2023 dollars [51]) also added some much needed funds for highway construction. [52] In the early 1990s, connecting Waterloo to Rochester, Minnesota, was looked at as the next big project.
In 2001, the Iowa Department of Transportation designated the Avenue of the Saints as Iowa 27. Prior to its creation, motorists wanting to travel the Avenue through Iowa had to follow a lengthy list of directions: (heading north from Missouri) Iowa 394 , US 218 , I‑380, US 20, Iowa 58 , US 218 (again), US 18 and I‑35.
From 1922 to 1978, it was also used on Iowa license plates [9] until it was replaced by the full county name. Finally, the number in the column headed "Map #" is used by the National Atlas of the United States, shown on the left; for purposes of the National Atlas, counties are numbered in geographical order beginning in the NW corner of the map.
Local pharmacist William Snowden had it built in 1878 and it began housing the Waterloo Women's Club in 1922. [ 2 ] Snowden House is a two-storey brick rectangular Italianate architecture structure, featuring a hip roof , shallow gable with a blind oculus on the main facade , bracketed eaves and full-length front porch.
The Rath Packing Company Administration Building, also known as Adams Store Inc., is a historic Late Gothic Revival building in Waterloo, Iowa. It is a surviving remnant of what was the largest meat-packing plant in the United States in 1941. The plant started in 1891 with hogs, and was "massive".
As industry began to develop along the river, and the arrival of the first railroad in 1861, the commercial district on the east side began to grow. Also on the east side of town was the terminus of the streetcar-turned-interurban system. By 1900, the city became one of the primary wholesale and retail centers in northeastern Iowa. [2]