The first
Birthday Gift Basket idea came along
when the tradition of gift giving actually started sometime in the
early 1900s. Gift giving has always been reciprocal, except when
gifts were given to the leaders of state in various cultures. In the
olden days, people gave gifts to their tribal leaders and exchanged
gifts among themselves. These gifts were primarily made from the
bark and wood of trees. proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. Fruit
Baskets &
Gourmet Gift Baskets were
also very popular as well.
Gift Basket
Delivery
Fast Gift Basket
Delivery
Iowa Gift baskets make
wonderful presents because, in many ways, they are the gifts that
keep on giving. A one of a kind basket or fruit gift basket can be
located in floral based shops in many Iowa cities, but Iowa
has an especially talented group of flower & gift basket arrangers who can give
you exactly what you are looking for to fit any budget.
When looking for florists or
gift basket shops, shoppers
should consider the occasion and see what the company specializes in
to get exactly what you are looking for.
Because of its variety
and uniqueness, the gift basket is becoming the gift idea of choice.
Especially healthy fruit baskets using fresh fruit in season that is
actually grown locally right in Iowa. Selected gift baskets are
available for Same Day Delivery to Iowa.
As the physical distance between family and friends has increased
over the years, more people are turning to the internet as their
source of gift giving. You can find perfect gift ideas in the
comfort of your own home conveniently, order it and have it packaged
and delivered to the front door of the recipient. Ordering online is
easy just enter the zip code and you are on your way.
Gift basket websites
change with the season and holiday. Unique, custom and affordable
baskets are handmade to allow the gift giver the ability to match
their sentiments with the season.
Whether it is Valentine's Day,
Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas, or for a new
baby in Iowa
you can express your wishes of the holiday with a gift basket
designed specifically for that special day. Because the baskets are
designed not only for the holiday, but for a man, woman or child as
well. And better yet, once the gifts in the basket are consumed or
used, the basket itself can be reused again and again. It is a gift
that keeps on giving.
A gift basket is not just
for holiday gift giving. Gift baskets can be given for the birth of
a new baby, a birthday, a get well gift, an anniversary, a
housewarming or to express love or condolences.
Send a spa, fruit
basket, flower or a gourmet gift basket for him or her "just
because" you are thinking of them. Select one based upon the
sentiments you wish to express, what they like and for what their
interests may be. A fishing gift basket for the fisherman. A
gardening basket for the gardener. A movie basket for the movie
buff. A poker themed gift basket, or even a sports gift baskets.
We have baseball gift baskets, football gift baskets and more.
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List Of Counties In IowaThere are
a sum of 99 provinces in the territory of Iowa.
Among them, Des Moines County is the most seasoned
one (laid out in 1834) while Humboldt County is the
most youthful (laid out in 1857). With populace of
430,640, Polk County is the most populated. The
greatest province via land region is Kossuth County
(2,520 km2) and the littlest is Dickinson County
(987 km2).
Adait County, IA
Adams County, IA
Allamakee County, IA
Appanoose County, IA
Audubon County, IA
Benton County, IA
Black Hawk County, IA
Boone County, IA
Bremer County, IA
Buchanan County, IA
Buena Vista County, IA
Butler County, IA
Calhoun County, IA
Carroll County, IA
Cass County, IA
Cedar County, IA
Cerro Gordo County, IA
Cherokee County, IA
Chichasaw County, IA
Clarke County, IA
Clay County, IA
Clayton County, IA
Clinton County, IA
Crawford County, IA
Dallas County, IA
Davis County, IA
Decatur County, IA
Delaware County, IA
Des Moines County, IA
Dickinson County, IA
Dubuque County, IA
Emmett County, IA
Fayette County, IA
Floyd County, IA
Franklin County, IA
Fremont County, IA
Greene County, IA
Grundy County, IA
Guthrie County, IA
Hamilton County, IA
Hancock County, IA
Hardin County, IA
Harrison County, IA
Henry County, IA
Howard County, IA
Humboldt County, IA
Ida County, IA
Iowa County, IA
Jackson County, IA
Jasper County, IA
Jefferson County, IA
Johnson County, IA
Jones County, IA
Keokuk County, IA
Kossuth County, IA
Lee County, IA
Linn County, IA
Louisa County, IA
Lucas County, IA
Lyon County, IA
Madison County, IA
Mahaska County, IA
Marion County, IA
Marshall County, IA
Mills County, IA
Mitchell County, IA
Monona County, IA
Monroe County, IA
Montgomery County, IA
Muscatine County, IA
O’Brien County, IA
Osceola County, IA
Page County, IA
Palo Alto County, IA
Plymouth County, IA
Pocahontas County, IA
Polk County, IA
Pottawattamie County, IA
Poweshiek County, IA
Ringgold County, IA
Sac County, IA
Scott County, IA
Shelby County, IA
Sioux County, IA
Story County, IA
Tama County, IA
Taylor County, IA
Union County, IA
Van Buren County, IA
Wapello County, IA
Warren County, IA
Washington County, IA
Wayne County, IA
Webster County, IA
Wineshiek County, IA
Winnebago County, IA
Woodbury County, IA
Worth County, IA
Wright County, IA
List of Cities and Towns in Iowa
There are a sum of 934 towns and urban communities
in the territory of Iowa. Top 10 greatest urban
communities by populace are Des Moines, Cedar
Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Waterloo, Iowa City,
Council Bluffs, Ames, Dubuque, and West Des Moines
while top ten biggest urban areas via land region
are Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Waterloo,
Sioux City, Council Bluffs, West Des Moines,
Clinton, Dubuque, and Ankeny. Ackley, IA
Adair, IA
Adel, IA
Afton, IA
Agency, IA
Ainsworth, IA
Akron, IA
Albert City, IA
Albia, IA
Albion, IA
Alburnett, IA
Alden, IA
Algona, IA
Alleman, IA
Allerton, IA
Allison, IA
Alta Vista, IA
Alta, IA
Alton, IA
Altoona, IA
Ames, IA
Anamosa, IA
Andrew, IA
Anita, IA
Ankeny, IA
Anthon, IA
Aplington, IA
Arcadia, IA
Arlington, IA
Armstrong, IA
Arnolds Park, IA
Arthur, IA
Ashton, IA
Atalissa, IA
Atkins, IA
Atlantic, IA
Auburn, IA
Audubon, IA
Aurelia, IA
Avoca, IA
Ayrshire, IA
Badger, IA
Bagley, IA
Bancroft, IA
Barnes City, IA
Batavia, IA
Battle Creek, IA
Baxter, IA
Bayard, IA
Beacon, IA
Beaman, IA
Bedford, IA
Belle Plaine, IA
Bellevue, IA
Belmond, IA
Bennett, IA
Bettendorf, IA
Birmingham, IA
Blairsburg, IA
Blairstown, IA
Blakesburg, IA
Blencoe, IA
Bloomfield, IA
Blue Grass, IA
Bode, IA
Bonaparte, IA
Bondurant, IA
Boone, IA
Boxholm, IA
Boyden, IA
Brandon, IA
Breda, IA
Brighton, IA
Bristow, IA
Britt, IA
Bronson, IA
Brooklyn, IA
Buffalo Center, IA
Buffalo, IA
Burlington, IA
Burt, IA
Bussey, IA
Calamus, IA
Callender, IA
Calmar, IA
Camanche, IA
Cambridge, IA
Cantril, IA
Carlisle, IA
Carroll, IA
Carson, IA
Carter Lake, IA
Cascade, IA
Casey, IA
Cedar Falls, IA
Cedar Rapids, IA
Center Point, IA
Centerville, IA
Central City, IA
Chariton, IA
Charles City, IA
Charlotte, IA
Charter Oak, IA
Chelsea, IA
Cherokee, IA
Churdan, IA
Cincinnati, IA
Clarence, IA
Clarinda, IA
Clarion, IA
Clarksville, IA
Clear Lake, IA
Clearfield, IA
Cleghorn, IA
Clermont, IA
Clinton, IA
Clive, IA
Clutier, IA
Coggon, IA
Coin, IA
Colesburg, IA
Colfax, IA
College Springs, IA
Collins, IA
Colo, IA
Columbus City, IA
Columbus Junction, IA
Conesville, IA
Conrad, IA
Coon Rapids, IA
Coralville, IA
Corning, IA
Correctionville, IA
Corwith, IA
Corydon, IA
Coulter, IA
Council Bluffs, IA
Crawfordsville, IA
Crescent, IA
Cresco, IA
Creston, IA
Crystal Lake, IA
Cumberland, IA
Cushing, IA
Dakota City, IA
Dallas Center, IA
Danbury, IA
Danville, IA
Davenport, IA
Davis City, IA
Dayton, IA
De Soto, IA
De Witt, IA
Decorah, IA
Dedham, IA
Deep River, IA
Defiance, IA
Delhi, IA
Delmar, IA
Deloit, IA
Delta, IA
Denison, IA
Denver, IA
Des Moines, IA
Dexter, IA
Diagonal, IA
Dickens, IA
Dike, IA
Dixon, IA
Donahue, IA
Donnellson, IA
Doon, IA
Dow City, IA
Dows, IA
Dubuque, IA
Dumont, IA
Duncombe, IA
Dunkerton, IA
Dunlap, IA
Durant, IA
Dyersville, IA
Dysart, IA
Eagle Grove, IA
Earlham, IA
Earling, IA
Earlville, IA
Early, IA
Eddyville, IA
Edgewood, IA
Elberon, IA
Eldon, IA
Eldora, IA
Eldridge, IA
Elgin, IA
Elk Horn, IA
Elkader, IA
Elkhart, IA
Elliott, IA
Ellsworth, IA
Elma, IA
Ely, IA
Emerson, IA
Emmetsburg, IA
Epworth, IA
Essex, IA
Estherville, IA
Evansdale, IA
Everly, IA
Exira, IA
Fairbank, IA
Fairfax, IA
Fairfield, IA
Farley, IA
Farmersburg, IA
Farmington, IA
Farnhamville, IA
Farragut, IA
Fayette, IA
Fenton, IA
Fertile, IA
Floyd, IA
Fonda, IA
Fontanelle, IA
Forest City, IA
Fort Atkinson, IA
Fort Madison, IA
Fostoria, IA
Fredericksburg, IA
Fremont, IA
Fruitland, IA
Galva, IA
Garden Grove, IA
Garnavillo, IA
Garner, IA
Garrison, IA
Garwin, IA
George, IA
Gilbert, IA
Gilbertville, IA
Gilman, IA
Gilmore City, IA
Gladbrook, IA
Glenwood, IA
Glidden, IA
Goldfield, IA
Goose Lake, IA
Gowrie, IA
Graettinger, IA
Grafton, IA
Grand Junction, IA
Grand Mound, IA
Grand River, IA
Grandview, IA
Granger, IA
Granville, IA
Gravity, IA
Greeley, IA
Greene, IA
Greenfield, IA
Grimes, IA
Grinnell, IA
Griswold, IA
Grundy Center, IA
Guthrie Center, IA
Guttenberg, IA
Halbur, IA
Hamburg, IA
Hampton, IA
Hancock, IA
Hanlontown, IA
Harcourt, IA
Harlan, IA
Harpers Ferry, IA
Hartford, IA
Hartley, IA
Harvey, IA
Hastings, IA
Hawarden, IA
Hawkeye, IA
Hazleton, IA
Hedrick, IA
Hiawatha, IA
Hills, IA
Hillsboro, IA
Hinton, IA
Holland, IA
Holstein, IA
Holy Cross, IA
Hopkinton, IA
Hornick, IA
Hospers, IA
Hubbard, IA
Hudson, IA
Hull, IA
Humboldt, IA
Humeston, IA
Huxley, IA
Ida Grove, IA
Independence, IA
Indianola, IA
Inwood, IA
Ionia, IA
Iowa City, IA
Iowa Falls, IA
Ireton, IA
Irwin, IA
Jamaica, IA
Janesville, IA
Jefferson, IA
Jesup, IA
Jewell, IA
Johnston, IA
Joice, IA
Kalona, IA
Kamrar, IA
Kanawha, IA
Kellerton, IA
Kelley, IA
Kellogg, IA
Kensett, IA
Keokuk, IA
Keosauqua, IA
Keota, IA
Keswick, IA
Keystone, IA
Kimballton, IA
Kingsley, IA
Kirkville, IA
Kiron, IA
Klemme, IA
Knoxville, IA
La Motte, IA
La Porte City, IA
Lacona, IA
Ladora, IA
Lake City, IA
Lake Mills, IA
Lake Park, IA
Lake View, IA
Lakota, IA
Lamoni, IA
Lamont, IA
Lansing, IA
Larchwood, IA
Latimer, IA
Laurel, IA
Laurens, IA
Lawler, IA
Lawton, IA
Le Claire, IA
Le Grand, IA
Le Mars, IA
Lehigh, IA
Leland, IA
Lenox, IA
Leon, IA
Lester, IA
Letts, IA
Lewis, IA
Libertyville, IA
Lime Springs, IA
Linden, IA
Lineville, IA
Linn Grove, IA
Lisbon, IA
Liscomb, IA
Little Rock, IA
Little Sioux, IA
Livermore, IA
Lockridge, IA
Logan, IA
Lohrville, IA
Lone Tree, IA
Long Grove, IA
Lorimor, IA
Lost Nation, IA
Lovilia, IA
Low Moor, IA
Lowden, IA
Lu Verne, IA
Luana, IA
Lucas, IA
Luxemburg, IA
Lynnville, IA
Lytton, IA
Macedonia, IA
Madrid, IA
Malcom, IA
Mallard, IA
Malvern, IA
Manchester, IA
Manilla, IA
Manly, IA
Manning, IA
Manson, IA
Mapleton, IA
Maquoketa, IA
Marathon, IA
Marble Rock, IA
Marcus, IA
Marengo, IA
Marion, IA
Marquette, IA
Marshalltown, IA
Martelle, IA
Martensdale, IA
Mason City, IA
Massena, IA
Maurice, IA
Maxwell, IA
Maynard, IA
Mc Callsburg, IA
Mc Causland, IA
Mc Gregor, IA
Mechanicsville, IA
Mediapolis, IA
Melbourne, IA
Melcher, IA
Melvin, IA
Menlo, IA
Merrill, IA
Meservey, IA
Middletown, IA
Miles, IA
Milford, IA
Milo, IA
Milton, IA
Minburn, IA
Minden, IA
Mingo, IA
Missouri Valley, IA
Mitchellville, IA
Modale, IA
Mondamin, IA
Monona, IA
Monroe, IA
Montezuma, IA
Monticello, IA
Montour, IA
Montrose, IA
Moorhead, IA
Moravia, IA
Morning Sun, IA
Moulton, IA
Mount Ayr, IA
Mount Pleasant, IA
Mount Vernon, IA
Moville, IA
Murray, IA
Muscatine, IA
Mystic, IA
Nashua, IA
Neola, IA
Nevada, IA
New Albin, IA
New Hampton, IA
New Hartford, IA
New London, IA
New Market, IA
New Providence, IA
New Sharon, IA
New Vienna, IA
New Virginia, IA
Newell, IA
Newhall, IA
Newton, IA
Nichols, IA
Nora Springs, IA
North English, IA
North Liberty, IA
Northwood, IA
Norwalk, IA
Norway, IA
Oakland, IA
Oakville, IA
Ocheyedan, IA
Odebolt, IA
Oelwein, IA
Ogden, IA
Okoboji, IA
Olds, IA
Olin, IA
Ollie, IA
Onawa, IA
Onslow, IA
Orange City, IA
Orient, IA
Osage, IA
Osceola, IA
Oskaloosa, IA
Ossian, IA
Otho, IA
Ottumwa, IA
Oxford Junction, IA
Oxford, IA
Pacific Junction, IA
Packwood, IA
Palmer, IA
Palo, IA
Panama, IA
Panora, IA
Parkersburg, IA
Parnell, IA
Paton, IA
Paullina, IA
Pella, IA
Peosta, IA
Perry, IA
Persia, IA
Peterson, IA
Pierson, IA
Pilot Mound, IA
Pisgah, IA
Plainfield, IA
Pleasant Valley, IA
Pleasantville, IA
Plymouth, IA
Pocahontas, IA
Polk City, IA
Pomeroy, IA
Portsmouth, IA
Postville, IA
Prairie City, IA
Prescott, IA
Preston, IA
Primghar, IA
Princeton, IA
Protivin, IA
Pulaski, IA
Quasqueton, IA
Quimby, IA
Radcliffe, IA
Rake, IA
Randolph, IA
Raymond, IA
Readlyn, IA
Red Oak, IA
Redfield, IA
Reinbeck, IA
Rembrandt, IA
Remsen, IA
Renwick, IA
Rhodes, IA
Riceville, IA
Richland, IA
Ridgeway, IA
Ringsted, IA
Rippey, IA
Riverside, IA
Riverton, IA
Robins, IA
Rock Rapids, IA
Rock Valley, IA
Rockford, IA
Rockwell City, IA
Rockwell, IA
Roland, IA
Rolfe, IA
Rose Hill, IA
Rowan, IA
Rowley, IA
Royal, IA
Rudd, IA
Runnells, IA
Russell, IA
Ruthven, IA
Ryan, IA
Sabula, IA
Sac City, IA
Saint Ansgar, IA
Saint Charles, IA
Salem, IA
Salix, IA
Sanborn, IA
Schaller, IA
Schleswig, IA
Scranton, IA
Sergeant Bluff, IA
Seymour, IA
Sheffield, IA
Shelby, IA
Sheldahl, IA
Sheldon, IA
Shell Rock, IA
Shellsburg, IA
Shenandoah, IA
Sibley, IA
Sidney, IA
Sigourney, IA
Silver City, IA
Sioux Center, IA
Sioux City, IA
Sioux Rapids, IA
Slater, IA
Sloan, IA
Smithland, IA
Soldier, IA
Solon, IA
South English, IA
Spencer, IA
Spillville, IA
Spirit Lake, IA
Springville, IA
Stacyville, IA
Stanhope, IA
Stanton, IA
Stanwood, IA
State Center, IA
Steamboat Rock, IA
Stockport, IA
Storm Lake, IA
Story City, IA
Stout, IA
Stratford, IA
Strawberry Point, IA
Stuart, IA
Sully, IA
Sumner, IA
Sutherland, IA
Swea City, IA
Swisher, IA
Tabor, IA
Tama, IA
Templeton, IA
Terril, IA
Thompson, IA
Thornton, IA
Thurman, IA
Tiffin, IA
Tipton, IA
Titonka, IA
Toledo, IA
Traer, IA
Treynor, IA
Tripoli, IA
Truro, IA
Underwood, IA
Union, IA
University Park, IA
Urbana, IA
Urbandale, IA
Ute, IA
Vail, IA
Van Horne, IA
Van Meter, IA
Van Wert, IA
Ventura, IA
Victor, IA
Villisca, IA
Vinton, IA
Volga, IA
Wadena, IA
Walcott, IA
Walford, IA
Walker, IA
Wall Lake, IA
Wallingford, IA
Walnut, IA
Wapello, IA
Washington, IA
Washta, IA
Waterloo, IA
Waucoma, IA
Waukee, IA
Waukon, IA
Waverly, IA
Wayland, IA
Webster City, IA
Wellman, IA
Wellsburg, IA
Wesley, IA
West Bend, IA
West Branch, IA
West Burlington, IA
West Des Moines, IA
West Liberty, IA
West Point, IA
West Union, IA
Westgate, IA
Westside, IA
What Cheer, IA
Wheatland, IA
Whiting, IA
Whittemore, IA
Williams, IA
Williamsburg, IA
Wilton, IA
Winfield, IA
Winterset, IA
Winthrop, IA
Woden, IA
Woodbine, IA
Woodburn, IA
Woodward, IA
Woolstock, IA
Worthington, IA
Wyoming, IA
Yale, IA
About Iowa
Quick Facts
Capital City:
Des Moines
Abbreviation:
IA
Population (2019): 3,155,070; Rank: 31 of 50 | Population
Quick Facts
Region: Midwest
Admission to Statehood: December
28, 1846 (29th State)
State Motto: “Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights
We will Maintain”
State Nickname: Hawkeye
State
Sports Teams: Find the best High School, College,
League, and Professional sports
teams of Iowa State
Origin of State Name: The word “Iowa” comes form the
American Indian tribe of the same name.
Bordering States: The State of Iowa has 6 neighbors
namely, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Wisconsin.
Area Codes: 319,
515, 563, 641, 712
Zip Codes: Iowa Zip
Codes
STATE BANNER and MOTTO
State Flag of Iowa
Iowa was right around 75 years of age before the state
banner was taken on by the General Assembly. Making of
the state banner had been recommended for quite a long
time by energetic associations, yet no move was made
until World War I, when Iowa National Guardsmen
positioned along the Mexican boundary proposed a state
banner was expected to assign their unit. This provoked
the state's Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
to plan a banner in 1917. The Iowa General Assembly
authoritatively embraced the plan in 1921.
Planned by Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville,
Iowa, an individual from the DAR, the state banner
comprises of three vertical stripes - - blue, white and
red. Gebhardt made sense of that the blue represents
unwaveringness, equity and truth; the white for
immaculateness; and the red for boldness. On the white
place stripe is a hawk conveying in its bill blue
decorations engraved with the state adage: "Our freedoms
we prize, and our privileges we will keep up with."
"Iowa" is in red just underneath the decorations.
All schools should fly the state banner on school days.
The banner may likewise be flown on the destinations of
public structures. When shown with the United States
banner, the state banner should be flown underneath the
public token.
STATE SONG
S.H.M. Byers expressed "Tune of Iowa," the state's true
state melody, in 1897. The Iowa Legislature took on the
tune in 1911. Byers' verses share his adoration for
Iowa, and the melody is set to the tune for "O
Tannenbaum."
STATE FLOWER
State Flower of Iowa: Wild Rose
The 26th Iowa General Assembly assigned the wild rose as
the authority state bloom in 1897. It was picked for the
honor since it was one of the enhancements utilized on
the silver assistance which the state introduced to the
warship USS Iowa that very year.
Albeit no specific types of the bloom was assigned by
the General Assembly, the wild grassland rose (rosa
pratincola) is most frequently refered to as the
authority blossom. Wild roses are tracked down all
through the state and blossom from June through
pre-fall. The bloom, in fluctuating shades of pink, is
set off by many yellow stamens in the middle.
STATE BIRD -
State Bird of Iowa: Eastern Goldfinch
The Iowa General Assembly assigned the eastern
goldfinch, otherwise called the American goldfinch and
the wild canary, as the authority state bird in 1933. It
was picked as the state bird since it is usually tracked
down in Iowa and frequently remains through the colder
time of year.
Seeds from dandelions, sunflowers, ragweed and night
primrose are the principal wellspring of nourishment for
the eastern goldfinch (carduelis tristis). In late July
or early August, goldfinches assemble their homes from
plant materials and line them with thistledown. The
light blue-white eggs of the eastern goldfinch hatch
following fourteen days and afterward, following a few
additional weeks, the youthful birds leave the home.
The highest point of a male's head is finished off with
dark and their radiant yellow body likewise has dark
wings and tail. The female has a dull olive-yellow body
with an earthy colored tail and wings. The male
goldfinch procures similar dull plumage in the cold
weather months.
STATE TREE
State Tree of Iowa: Oak
The oak was assigned as the authority state tree in
1961. The Iowa General Assembly picked the oak since it
is bountiful in the state and fills in as haven, food
and settling cover for some creatures and birds.
It is hard to track down a parcel of regular forest in
Iowa that doesn't have in it no less than one types of
oak. No other gathering of trees means quite a bit to
individuals and natural life. Oak seeds, the nuts of oak
trees, are a dietary staple of numerous creatures and
birds. Deer, wild turkeys, fowls, quail, wood ducks,
raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, bluejays, nuthatches,
grackles and a few sorts of woodpeckers are a couple of
the animal types that rely upon oak seeds for a huge
piece of their eating routine.
STATE ROCK
State Rock of Iowa: Geode
The Iowa General Assembly assigned the geode as the
authority state rock in 1967. Since Iowa is notable for
the presence of the geode, it was picked as the
authority rock with an end goal to advance the travel
industry in the state. Administrators who leaned toward
making the geode the state rock brought up that it is
among the most extraordinary and generally gorgeous of
rocks and that Iowa is known overall as a result of the
enormous number tracked down in the state. Different
rocks considered for true status were limestone and
fossil coral.
In Latin, the word geode implies earthlike. Geodes are
molded like the earth and normal around four crawls in
distance across. Geodes are tracked down in limestone
developments and have a hard external shell. At the
point when painstakingly torn open, a shining covering
of mineral precious stones, most frequently quartz and
calcite, is uncovered. Geologists characteristic the
precious stone development to the permeation of
groundwater in the geologic past. Southeastern Iowa is
one of the state's best Geode gathering regions. Geode
State Park in Henry County is named for the event of the
geode.
STATE SEAL
Iowa State Seal
The Great Seal of Iowa pictures a resident trooper
remaining in a wheat field encompassed by cultivating
and modern devices, with the Mississippi River behind
the scenes. A hawk above bears the state proverb.
STATE NICKNAME
Iowa is otherwise called the Hawkeye State.
STATE QUARTER
Iowa State Quarter
In 2004, when Governor Vilsack and the top of the U.S.
Mint revealed the 29th dedicatory quarter at the foot of
the Iowa Capitol, the emphasis was on instruction.
Schoolchildren, instructors and dignitaries were close
by for the occasion as the Iowa quarter was presented as
"the country's just training quarter." The coin
highlights Iowa craftsman Grant Wood's "Arbor Day"
painting of a one-room school building and educator with
understudies establishing a tree. The witticism on the
coin is "Establishment in Education."
Topography and CLIMATE
At 199 miles in length and 310 miles wide, Iowa is the
26th biggest state in the United States. Iowa has 99
districts and 947 urban communities. The capital city is
Des Moines. The most noteworthy rise is 1,671 feet at
Hawkeye Point, close to Sibley. The most minimal height
is 480 feet, close to Keokuk. The typical high is 74
degrees, while the typical low is 17 degrees.
Population
Iowa positions 30th in absolute populace, at 3,123,899
individuals. The middle family pay in Iowa is $52,716.
Iowa State Facts
Entered Union: Dec. 28, 1846 (29th State)
Organized as territory: June 12, 1838
Present constitution adopted: 1857
Fun Facts
State abbreviation/Postal code: Iowa/IA
Nickname: The Hawkeye State
Origin of name: From the Iowa River, which was
named after the Ioway (or Báxoe) people.
Motto: “Our liberties we prize and our rights we
will maintain”
State symbols:
Bird: Eastern
goldfinch (1933)
Flower: Wild
rose (1897)
Tree: Oak
(1961)
Rock: Geode
(1967)
Colors: Red,
white, and blue (in state flag)
Song: "Song of
Iowa"
Government
Capital: Des
Moines
Governor: Kim Reynolds, R (to Jan. 2019)
Lieut. Governor: Adam Gregg, R (to Jan. 2019)
Secy. of State: Paul Pate, R (to Jan. 2019)
Treasurer: Michael L. Fitzgerald, D (to Jan. 2019)
Atty. General: Tom Miller, D (to Jan. 2019)
U.S. Representatives: 4
Senators: Chuck
Grassley, R (to Jan. 2023); Joni Ernst, R (to Jan.
2021)
See Also: Historical
biographies of Iowa Congress members
Population
Residents: Iowan
Resident population: 3,123,899 (30th Largest
State, 2015)
10 largest cities (2014): Des
Moines, 206,688; Cedar
Rapids, 128,119; Davenport,
101,363; Sioux
City, 82,719; Iowa
City, 70,133; Waterloo,
68,297; Council
Bluffs, 62,115; Ames,
60,634; West
Des Moines, 59,296; Dubuque,
58,155;
Race/Ethnicity: White (91.3%); Black (2.9%);
American Indian (0.4%); Asian (1.7%); Other race (1.3%);
Two or more races (1.9%); Hispanic/Latino (5.0%).
Religion: Protestant (60%); No religion
(21%); Catholic (18%); Muslim (1%); No answer (1%).
Sex: Male (49.5%); Female (50.5%).
Age: Under 18 (23.3%); 18-64 (60%); 65 and over
(16.7%). Median
Age: 38.1
See Also: Additional
Iowa Census Data
Economy
GDP: 185 billion dollars (29th in U.S., 2016)
Unemployment: 3.4% (2015)
Overview: Iowa's largest industries are
manufacturing and agriculture. Iowa leads the nation
in corn and soybean production and comes in third in
total livestock sales. Local manufacturing is largely
focused around food processing and heavy machinery. Iowa
is home to a large number of insurance and financial
groups, as well as a notable publishing industry.
Geography
Land area: 55,869 sq mi. (144,701 sq km)
Geographic center: In Story County, 5 mi. NE of Ames
Number of counties: 99
Largest county by population and area: Polk, 444,009
(2014); Kossuth, 973 sq mi.
State forests: 10 (43,917 ac.)
State parks/recreation areas: 84 (53,000 ac.)
Area codes
Tourism office
See more on Iowa:
Encyclopedia: Iowa
Encyclopedia: Geography
Encyclopedia: Economy
Encyclopedia: Government
Encyclopedia: History
Iowa Temperature Extremes
Iowa - Climate - Encyclopedia Britannica
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