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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%8C_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7" title="فورت داج، آیووا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فورت داج، آیووا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%90%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Форт-Додж (Аява) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Форт-Додж (Аява)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Форт Додж (Айова) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Форт Додж (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge" title="Fort Dodge – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fort Dodge" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Fort Dodge (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Fort Dodge (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Fort Dodge, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge" title="Fort Dodge – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Fort Dodge" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge" title="Fort Dodge – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fort Dodge" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%8C_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7" title="فورت داج، آیووا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فورت داج، آیووا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge" title="Fort Dodge – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fort Dodge" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AC_(%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A4%D9%88%D8%A7)" title="فؤرت داج (آیؤوا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="فؤرت داج (آیؤوا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%EB%8B%A4%EC%A7%80" title="포트다지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트다지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fort Dodge, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Форт Додж (Айова) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Форт Додж (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fort Dodge, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Форт Додж (Айова) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Форт Додж (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fort Dodge, Iowa" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AC" title="فورت دودج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فورت دودج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AC_(%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7)" title="فورت داج (آیووا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فورت داج (آیووا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge" title="Fort Dodge – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fort Dodge" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Форт-Додж (Айова) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Форт-Додж (Айова)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge_(Iowa)" title="Fort Dodge (Iowa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fort Dodge (Iowa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Fort Dodge, Iowa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Avenue"><img alt="Central Avenue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/250px-Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/375px-Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/500px-Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2634" data-file-height="1945" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Central Avenue</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Fort Dodge, Iowa"><img alt="Flag of Fort Dodge, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif/100px-Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif/150px-Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Fort_Dodge_Flag.gif 2x" data-file-width="168" data-file-height="128" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FortDodgeSeal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Fort Dodge, Iowa"><img alt="Official seal of Fort Dodge, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/FortDodgeSeal.png/100px-FortDodgeSeal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/FortDodgeSeal.png 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="147" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Dodge,_Iowa_logo.GIF" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Fort Dodge, Iowa"><img alt="Official logo of Fort Dodge, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF/145px-Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF" decoding="async" width="145" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF/218px-Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF/290px-Fort_Dodge%2C_Iowa_logo.GIF 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="254" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Frontier of the Future</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the State of Iowa"><img alt="Location in the State of Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg/250px-Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg/375px-Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg/500px-Webster_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Fort_Dodge_Highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the State of <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&params=42_30_24_N_94_10_49_W_region:US-IA_type:city(24871)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°30′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">94°10′49″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.50667°N 94.18028°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.50667; -94.18028</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="477" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Iowa" title="List of counties in Iowa">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Webster County, Iowa">Webster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1869</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Matt Bemrich</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">City manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">David Fierke</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">16.27 sq mi (42.15 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">16.01 sq mi (41.46 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.27 sq mi (0.69 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,155 ft (352 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">24,871</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,553.66/sq mi (599.87/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">50501</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_515" title="Area code 515">515</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">19-28515</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0456686</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/">www<wbr />.fortdodgeiowa<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fort Dodge</b> is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Webster County, Iowa">Webster County, Iowa</a>, United States,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along the <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_River" title="Des Moines River">Des Moines River</a>. The population was 24,871 in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, a decrease from 25,136 in <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Census">2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cen2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_20_in_Iowa" title="U.S. Route 20 in Iowa">U.S. Routes 20</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_169" title="U.S. Route 169">169</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Dodge,_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg/220px-Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg/330px-Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg/440px-Fort_Dodge%2C_established_in_1850_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="571" /></a><figcaption>Fort Dodge, illustrated by William Williams, 1852.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FI0006529.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Central Avenue, Fort Dodge, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FI0006529.jpg/220px-FI0006529.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FI0006529.jpg/330px-FI0006529.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FI0006529.jpg/440px-FI0006529.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3737" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Girls Rally Day parade on Central Avenue</figcaption></figure> <p>Fort Dodge traces its beginnings to 1850 when Capt. Samuel Woods, with his E Company of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="6th Infantry Regiment (United States)">6th Infantry</a> were sent from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling" title="Fort Snelling">Fort Snelling</a> to erect and garrison a fort at the junction of the <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_River" title="Des Moines River">Des Moines River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lizard_Creek_(Iowa)" title="Lizard Creek (Iowa)">Lizard Creek</a>, they arrived August 2, 1850. It was originally named Fort Clarke, in honor of Brev. Brig. Gen. Newman S. Clarke, colonel of the Sixth 151, but was renamed Fort Dodge because there was another fort with the same name in Texas. It was named after <a href="/wiki/Henry_Dodge" title="Henry Dodge">Henry Dodge</a>, a governor of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Territory" title="Wisconsin Territory">Wisconsin Territory</a> (which had included Iowa until Iowa became a state in 1846).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fort was abandoned by the Army in 1853. </p><p>The next year William Willams, a civilian storekeeper in Fort Dodge, purchased the land and buildings of the old fort.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The town of Fort Dodge was founded in 1869. In 1872 the long and continuing history of <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> production in Iowa started when George Ringland, Webb Vincent, and Stillman T. Meservey formed the Fort Dodge Plaster Mills to mine, grind, and prepare gypsum for commercial use.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Company constructed the first gypsum mill west of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>, at the head of what is now known as Gypsum Creek.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2018, Kris Patrick, Executive Director of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Main_Street_Programs_in_the_United_States#Iowa" title="List of Main Street Programs in the United States">Fort Dodge Main Street</a>, stated that Fort Dodge is locally referred to as "Little Chicago" because architects modeled downtown buildings to resemble Chicago in the mid-1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Dodge is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&params=42_30_25_N_94_10_50_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°30′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">94°10′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.50694°N 94.18056°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.50694; -94.18056</span></span></span></a></span></span> (42.506803, −94.180271),<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_River" title="Des Moines River">Des Moines River</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 16.31 square miles (42.24 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 16.05 square miles (41.57 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Dodge has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">Humid continental climate</a> with cold winters and hot humid summers. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Fort Dodge, Iowa (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1899–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.9<br />(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.1<br />(31.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.7<br />(33.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.8<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.6<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5<br />(28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.9<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.8<br />(11.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.2<br />(34.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(−3.6) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(−0.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.9<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.7<br />(26.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.7<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.3<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.2<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(−6.1) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.8<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.3<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.1<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(−5.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.5<br />(8.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(−13.7) </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(−11.4) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(−4.6) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(1.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.4<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.5<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(−3.8) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(−9.9) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−13.7<br />(−25.4) </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.8<br />(−22.7) </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(−16.6) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(−6.1) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.1<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.4<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.2<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(−13.1) </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.3<br />(−21.3) </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17.1<br />(−27.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35<br />(−37) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−22<br />(−30) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(−20) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−35<br />(−37) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.95<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.23<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.96<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.72<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.57<br />(116) </td> <td style="background: #27FF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.53<br />(140) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.20<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.26<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.81<br />(71) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.55<br />(65) </td> <td style="background: #B6FFB6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.85<br />(47) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.46<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.09<br />(891) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000B6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.0<br />(99) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.1 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">100.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3 </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-nws_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>672</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>3,095</td><td></td><td>360.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>3,586</td><td></td><td>15.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>4,871</td><td></td><td>35.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>12,162</td><td></td><td>149.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>15,543</td><td></td><td>27.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>19,347</td><td></td><td>24.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>21,895</td><td></td><td>13.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>22,904</td><td></td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>25,115</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>28,399</td><td></td><td>13.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>31,263</td><td></td><td>10.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>29,423</td><td></td><td>−5.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>25,894</td><td></td><td>−12.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>25,136</td><td></td><td>−2.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>25,206</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>24,871</td><td></td><td>−1.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cen2020_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The population of Fort Dodge, Iowa from US census data" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png/220px-Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png/330px-Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png/440px-Fort_DodgeIowaPopPlot.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>The population of Fort Dodge, Iowa from US census data</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_census" title="United States census">census</a> of 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 24,871 people, 9,946 households, and 5,428 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,553.7 inhabitants per square mile (599.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 11,298 housing units at an average density of 705.8 per square mile (272.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">racial</a> makeup of the city was 83.3% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a>, 7.0% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black or African American</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a>, 2.2% from other races and 5.8% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> persons of any race comprised 6.8% of the population. </p><p>Of the 9,946 households, 25.3% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 8.0% were cohabitating couples, 32.9% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 23.1% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 45.4% of all households were non-families. 39.3% of all households were made up of individuals, 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older. </p><p>The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 24.9% of the residents were under the age of 20; 7.5% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 and 44; 22.9% were from 45 and 64; and 19.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.8% male and 48.2% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the census<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 25,206 people, 10,275 households, and 5,850 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,570.5 inhabitants per square mile (606.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 11,215 housing units at an average density of 698.8 per square mile (269.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 90% White, 5.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 1.4% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 2.2% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 5.0% of the population. </p><p>There were 10,275 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.1% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.89. </p><p>The median age in the city was 36.8 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 13.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.4% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 16.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 25,136 people, 10,470 households, and 6,376 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,726.1 inhabitants per square mile (666.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 11,168 housing units at an average density of 766.9 per square mile (296.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 92.47% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 3.79% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.21% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.85% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.02% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.30% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.36% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 2.94% of the population. </p><p>There were 10,470 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.94. </p><p>Age spread: 24.3% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $33,361, and the median income for a family was $42,555. Males had a median income of $31,253 versus $23,360 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,018. About 7.7% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major industries of Fort Dodge are <a href="/wiki/Biofuels" class="mw-redirect" title="Biofuels">biofuels</a>, livestock feed (especially <a href="/wiki/Corn" class="mw-redirect" title="Corn">corn</a>), <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> mining, can production, <a href="/wiki/Drywall" title="Drywall">drywall</a> manufacturing, trucking, the manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Veterinary" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterinary">veterinary</a> <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceuticals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccines</a>, and retail.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gypsum rock is processed into drywall and plaster products at several Fort Dodge manufacturing facilities. Drywall was patented by a Fort Dodge resident, and the gypsum used to create the <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Giant" title="Cardiff Giant">Cardiff Giant</a> <a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">hoax</a> of the late 19th century was mined at Fort Dodge. Currently <a href="/wiki/National_Gypsum_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="National Gypsum Company">National Gypsum Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Pacific_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Pacific Corporation">Georgia Pacific Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celotex" title="Celotex">Celotex</a> Corporation (now CertainTeed corporation) and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Gypsum_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Gypsum Company">United States Gypsum Company</a> operate gypsum facilities in and around Fort Dodge.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Fort Dodge is the home of Fort Dodge Animal Health (a division of <a href="/wiki/Boehringer_Ingelheim" title="Boehringer Ingelheim">Boehringer Ingelheim</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a major producer of <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceuticals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccines</a> for <a href="/wiki/Veterinarian" title="Veterinarian">veterinarian</a> use. The company's headquarters were moved from Fort Dodge to <a href="/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas" title="Overland Park, Kansas">Overland Park, Kansas</a> in 1995. Two of the company's three United States manufacturing plants are located in Fort Dodge.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2022, <a href="/wiki/Cargill" title="Cargill">Cargill</a> announced it would build a <a href="/wiki/Corn_syrup" title="Corn syrup">corn syrup</a> refinery in Fort Dodge.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At least three major national trucking companies (primarily flatbed carriers serving the drywall industry) are based in Fort Dodge. The city also serves as a retail center for North-Central Iowa.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>For most of the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Meatpacking" class="mw-redirect" title="Meatpacking">meatpacking</a> was a major industry in Fort Dodge. The last two large meatpacking plants (owned by <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Beef_Processors" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Beef Processors">Iowa Beef Processors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hormel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hormel">Hormel</a>) closed during the 1980s, when such companies moved their facilities closer to beef production in western states such as the Dakotas. One of the laboratories of Fort Dodge Animal Health was built on the site of a former Hormel processing plant.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, a 1,250-bed medium-security state prison, opened in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical">Historical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Historical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fort Museum and Frontier Village is located on the southwest edge of Fort Dodge. It is a full-scale recreation of a military outpost on the prairie from the 19th century. It also features a reconstructed village from the same time period. Additionally, The Fort Museum has a replica of the <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Giant" title="Cardiff Giant">Cardiff Giant</a>, an archaeological hoax sculpted from <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> mined at Fort Dodge. A "Frontier Days" event is held annually on the Fort Museum grounds. It features a parade, beauty pageant, historical reenactments, a buckskinner camp, and live entertainment. 2014 marked the 40th year of the event. Not all portrayals of early history at the Fort Museum are historically accurate and the facility is intended to be more of a tourist attraction as opposed to an actual museum. </p><p>The Blanden Memorial Art Museum, the first public museum of art in the state of Iowa, is located in the historic Oak Hill district of Fort Dodge. The Blanden opened June 5, 1932. The permanent collection on display includes European and American artists prints, sculptures and paintings. The museum also offers art classes for children and adults. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Dodge maintains several music organizations, including a civic choral society, a city-funded municipal band, regional symphony orchestra, a Christian choral union, and a men's barbershop chorus. In 1896, the famous composer <a href="/wiki/Edvard_Grieg" title="Edvard Grieg">Edvard Grieg</a> composed a piece entitled "Impromptu to Grieg Men's Chorus in Fort Dodge, Iowa." </p><p>Shellabration is an annual rock concert held in late July/early August at the Oleson Park Music Pavilion, featuring nationally touring rock groups. Previous performing bands include <a href="/wiki/Styx_(band)" title="Styx (band)">Styx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foreigner_(band)" title="Foreigner (band)">Foreigner</a>, <a href="/wiki/REO_Speedwagon" title="REO Speedwagon">REO Speedwagon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lizard Creek Blues Society sponsors an annual blues festival, "Blues Under the Trees", every summer, drawing blues musicians from all over the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fort Dodge has most recently been named the "Live Music Capital of Iowa." It is home to various live music venues hosting a variety of local aspiring artists and bands.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fort Dodge Choir Boosters (affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Senior_High_School" title="Fort Dodge Senior High School">Fort Dodge Senior High School</a>) hosts the annual "Fort Dodge Choral Festival", which features high school and college choirs from around the upper Midwest under the direction of a nationally recognized conductor/composer.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fort Dodge Senior High School serves as a host location for the Iowa State Marching Band Festival, State Solo & Small Ensemble Festival, and regional high school jazz band competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theater">Theater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Theater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Theater and <a href="/wiki/Musical_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater">musical theater</a> are historically popular arts activities in Fort Dodge, with the community maintaining three independent theater organizations. Hawkeye Community Theatre puts on six full-length productions a year of varied genre. Comedia Musica Players is a civic musical theater troupe that produces an annual musical each fall. Stage Door Productions provides theater training and performance opportunities for middle school, high school, and college-aged students during the summer. It produces one small-cast (10 or fewer) play per year. </p><p>The two local high schools and the community college produce a student-cast musical each Spring. The <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Senior_High_School" title="Fort Dodge Senior High School">Fort Dodge Senior High School</a> musical is the longest-running high school musical theater tradition in the United States, first produced in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_structures">Historical structures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Historical structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="First United Methodist Church"><img alt="First United Methodist Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg/120px-Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg/180px-Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg/240px-Methodist_episcopal_Fort_dodge_iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">First United Methodist Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abandoned Ferris wheel, now located in Eagle Grove, Iowa"><img alt="Abandoned Ferris wheel, now located in Eagle Grove, Iowa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg/86px-Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg/129px-Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg/172px-Fort_dodge_iowa_ferris_wheel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1424" data-file-height="1984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Abandoned <a href="/wiki/Ferris_wheel" title="Ferris wheel">Ferris wheel</a>, now located in Eagle Grove, Iowa</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="County Courthouse"><img alt="County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg/120px-Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg/180px-Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg/240px-Webster_co_iowa_courthhouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2972" data-file-height="2581" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Webster_County_Courthouse_(Iowa)" title="Webster County Courthouse (Iowa)">County Courthouse</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abandoned Rosedale Dairy, once manufacturer of Eskimo Pies"><img alt="Abandoned Rosedale Dairy, once manufacturer of Eskimo Pies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/120px-Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/180px-Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg/240px-Rosedale_Dairy_Fort_Dodge_Iowa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2964" data-file-height="1743" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Abandoned Rosedale Dairy, once manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Eskimo_Pie" class="mw-redirect" title="Eskimo Pie">Eskimo Pies</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Downtown Ghost sign"><img alt="Downtown Ghost sign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg/120px-Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg/180px-Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg/240px-Ft_Dodge_ghost_sign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Downtown <a href="/wiki/Ghost_sign" title="Ghost sign">Ghost sign</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hawkeye Theatre"><img alt="Hawkeye Theatre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg/120px-Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg/180px-Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg/240px-Hawkeye_Theatre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="1496" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawkeye_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawkeye Theatre (page does not exist)">Hawkeye Theatre</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oleson Park has woods and hiking trails. The town's recently restored band shell is located here. </p><p>Snell-Crawford Park (located at Williams Drive and 12th Avenue North) is a local favorite for weekend recreation. It has a disc golf course, three sand volleyball courts, a jogging/walking/bicycling trail, picnic tables, and grills. Soldier Creek runs through the park. </p><p>Rosedale Rapids, the city's new multimillion-dollar aquatic center, opened north of the <a href="/wiki/Roundabout" title="Roundabout">roundabout</a> intersection of 10th Avenue North and North 32nd Street in July 2010. The aquatic center features swimming pools, water slides, and a <a href="/wiki/Lazy_river" title="Lazy river">lazy river</a>. </p><p>John F. Kennedy Park is the nearest <a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">camping</a> facility to Fort Dodge. It has a large campground, a lake with a swimming beach, a playground, and hiking trails. Lakeside Municipal Golf Course, an 18-hole course, is located here. </p><p>The 300 acres (1.2 km<sup>2</sup>) Gypsum City Off-Highway Vehicle Park opened to the public on July 6, 2006. The park is located on abandoned gypsum mines. Plans are in place for the park to be expanded to as much as 1,500 acres (6.1 km<sup>2</sup>) in the future. </p><p>Fort Dodge is a top tubing destination in the state, offering the swift and clear waters of <a href="/wiki/Lizard_Creek_(Iowa)" title="Lizard Creek (Iowa)">Lizard Creek</a>, solitude on the <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_River" title="Des Moines River">Des Moines River</a> from Fort Dodge to the <a href="/wiki/Dolliver_Memorial_State_Park" title="Dolliver Memorial State Park">Dolliver Memorial State Park</a>, and the nearby lake at Brushy Creek. </p><p>The Fort Dodge Country Club par 71 golf course is one of Iowa's top courses. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Woodman_Hollow_State_Preserve" title="Woodman Hollow State Preserve">Woodman Hollow State Preserve</a> lies roughly 7 miles southeast of Fort Dodge. </p><p>Fort Frenzy opened east of town in late 2013. It features family-friendly activities such as an arcade, bumper boats, bumper cars, mini golf, go karts, laser tag, skating, and bowling. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Dodge is the home to the central campus of <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Central_Community_College" title="Iowa Central Community College">Iowa Central Community College</a>. </p><p>Fort Dodge is served by the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Community_School_District" title="Fort Dodge Community School District">Fort Dodge Community School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fdkto12_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdkto12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public school system includes <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Senior_High_School" title="Fort Dodge Senior High School">Fort Dodge Senior High School</a> (9−12), Fort Dodge Middle School (5−8), and several elementary schools.<sup id="cite_ref-fdkto12_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdkto12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duncombe Elementary closed briefly in 2015 due to structural issues, and was operating in the former Fair Oaks Middle School. The new building opened in Fall 2018, and serves grades 1–4.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Private schools in Fort Dodge include St. Edmond (Preschool−12), Community Christian School (Preschool−8), St Paul Lutheran (Preschool−8), and Harvest Baptist School (K−12). </p><p>Fort Dodge has been the location of Iowa High School Athletic Association championship events. Currently, the cross country championships are held at John F. Kennedy Park north of the town. Fort Dodge also hosts the Iowa girls' softball championship tournament at Harlan Rogers Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>AM radio stations</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>540</b> <a href="/wiki/KWMT" title="KWMT">KWMT</a> (Three Eagles Communications, news/country/farm) 5 kW day/.2 kW night</li> <li><b>1400</b> <a href="/wiki/KVFD_(AM)" title="KVFD (AM)">KVFD</a> (Three Eagles Communications, news/talk/sports) – 1 kW</li></ul> <dl><dt>FM radio stations</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>88.1</b> <a href="/wiki/KICB" title="KICB">KICB</a> (Iowa Central Community College Broadcasting, "88.1 The Point", alternative rock) – 0.2 kW</li> <li><b>89.5</b> <a href="/wiki/KLFG" title="KLFG">KLFG</a> (Family Radio, "Family Radio", Religious) – 17 kW</li> <li><b>91.1</b> <a href="/wiki/KNSK" title="KNSK">KNSK</a> (Iowa State University/WOI Radio Group, NPR) 100 kW</li> <li><b>92.1</b> <a href="/wiki/KZLB" title="KZLB">KZLB</a> (Three Eagles Communications, "The Eagle", Classic Rock) – 6 kW</li> <li><b>94.5</b> <a href="/wiki/KKEZ" title="KKEZ">KKEZ</a> (Three Eagles Communications, "Mix 94.5", Hot Adult Contemporary) – 100 kW</li> <li><b>96.9</b> <a href="/wiki/KIAQ" title="KIAQ">KIAQ</a> (Three Eagles Communications, "Hot Country K97", Country) – 100 kW</li> <li><b>99.7</b> <a href="/wiki/KXFT" title="KXFT">KXFT</a> (Three Eagles Communications, "Sunny 99.7", Adult Contemporary) – 25 kW</li> <li><b>105.9</b> <a href="/wiki/KTLB" title="KTLB">KTLB</a> (Three Eagles Communications, "Hippie Radio", Oldies) – 25 kW</li></ul> <dl><dt>Online radio stations</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>Fort Dodge Radio</b> (Fort Dodge Radio, "80's With The 70's Best Rock!")</li></ul> <dl><dt>Broadcast television stations</dt></dl> <ul><li>KTIN 21, local <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a> member station, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_PBS" title="Iowa PBS">Iowa PBS</a> network member.</li> <li>A commercial TV station, last known as <a href="/wiki/KVFD-TV" title="KVFD-TV">KVFD-TV</a>, an NBC affiliate, operated on channel 21 from 1953 until 1970 then moved to channel 50. On May 4, 1977, its tower and transmitter were destroyed by a tornado.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The owner died before he could rebuild it, and his heirs were not interested in continuing it. KVFD was never rebuilt and the call letters have been returned to the FCC. Fort Dodge is served from the television stations in the Ames-Des Moines metro area.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Print</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Messenger_(newspaper)" title="The Messenger (newspaper)">Fort Dodge Messenger</a></i>, daily newspaper</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surface_transportation">Surface transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Surface transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_20_in_Iowa" title="U.S. Route 20 in Iowa">U.S. Route 20</a> bypasses Fort Dodge to the south, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_169" title="U.S. Route 169">U.S. 169</a> skirts the west side of the city; both highways have business routes through town. <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Highway_7" title="Iowa Highway 7">Iowa Highway 7</a> has its terminus at the northwest edge of the city. </p><p>DART (<a href="/wiki/Dodger_Area_Rapid_Transit" title="Dodger Area Rapid Transit">Dodger Area Rapid Transit</a>) maintains six local bus routes that connect to most commercial, medical, and educational locations on weekdays only. </p><p>Jefferson Bus lines serves Fort Dodge with a link to <a href="/wiki/Williams,_Iowa" title="Williams, Iowa">Williams</a>, where travelers can connect to the expanded Jefferson line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge_Regional_Airport" title="Fort Dodge Regional Airport">Fort Dodge Regional Airport</a> (FOD) is located just north of town. It is primarily a general aviation airport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unity Point Hospital, formerly Trinity Regional Medical Center, is Fort Dodge's only hospital. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of December 13, 2016, Fort Dodge has one sister city: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gjakova" title="Gjakova">Gjakova</a>, Kosovo</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Dodge,_Iowa&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Armistead" title="Lewis Armistead">Lewis Armistead</a> (February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863), as part of Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, he led his brigade to the high-water mark of the Confederacy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Lewis_Holmdahl" title="Emil Lewis Holmdahl">Emil Lewis Holmdahl</a> (1883–1963), American infantryman, machine gunner, soldier of fortune, spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lew_Anderson" title="Lew Anderson">Lew Anderson</a> (1922–2006), last <a href="/wiki/Clarabell_the_Clown" title="Clarabell the Clown">Clarabell the Clown</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Howdy_Doody" title="Howdy Doody">Howdy Doody</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Z._Arkoff" title="Samuel Z. Arkoff">Samuel Z. Arkoff</a> (1918–2002), <a href="/wiki/B_movie" title="B movie">B movie</a> producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathie_Beck" title="Cathie Beck">Cathie Beck</a> (1955–present), journalist and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_M._Bianchi" title="Suzanne M. Bianchi">Suzanne M. Bianchi</a> (1952–2013), sociologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Blaine" title="Joan Blaine">Joan Blaine</a> (1910–1949), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bloomquist" title="Scott Bloomquist">Scott Bloomquist</a>(1963–2024), <a href="/wiki/Race_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Race car">race car</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clara_Breed" title="Clara Breed">Clara Breed</a> (1906–1994), librarian and activist on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Japanese-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese-American">Japanese-Americans</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holm_O._Bursum" title="Holm O. Bursum">Holm O. Bursum</a> (1867–1963), politician for the state of <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Clay_Carpenter" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrus Clay Carpenter">Cyrus Clay Carpenter</a> (1829–1898), Governor of Iowa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Collison" title="Nick Collison">Nick Collison</a> (1980–present), professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Elston" title="Gene Elston">Gene Elston</a> (1922–2015), sportscaster and <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> honoree</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Erdmann" title="Nate Erdmann">Nate Erdmann</a> (1973–present), professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Fiene" title="Lou Fiene">Lou Fiene</a> (1884–1964), <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> pitcher<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Ford_(pitcher,_born_1912)" title="Gene Ford (pitcher, born 1912)">Gene Ford</a> (1912–1970), Major League Baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garrison_(sculptor)" title="Robert Garrison (sculptor)">Robert Garrison</a> (1960–2019), sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Greehey" title="William Greehey">William Greehey</a> (1936–present), businessman and philanthropist born in Fort Dodge and graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1954. Founder of Valero Energy, Nustar Energy, and the 2001 recipient of the distinguished <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Alger_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Horatio Alger Award">Horatio Alger Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Heggen" title="Thomas Heggen">Thomas Heggen</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Mister_Roberts_(novel)" title="Mister Roberts (novel)">Mister Roberts</a></i>, which was made into a Broadway play and a Hollywood film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Kelly" title="Henry A. Kelly">Henry A. Kelly</a> (1934–present), Scholar and research professor at <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mack_Hellings" title="Mack Hellings">Mack Hellings</a>, racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Howey" title="Walter Howey">Walter Howey</a>, journalist and editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(artist)" title="Mary Kelly (artist)">Mary Kelly</a>, artist, social activist, educator and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corita_Kent" title="Corita Kent">Corita Kent</a>, artist, social activist and <a href="/wiki/Nun" title="Nun">nun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Kenyon_(Iowa_politician)" title="William S. Kenyon (Iowa politician)">William S. 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title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badger,_Iowa" title="Badger, Iowa">Badger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnum,_Iowa" title="Barnum, Iowa">Barnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callender,_Iowa" title="Callender, Iowa">Callender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare,_Iowa" title="Clare, Iowa">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Iowa" title="Dayton, Iowa">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncombe,_Iowa" title="Duncombe, Iowa">Duncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnhamville,_Iowa" title="Farnhamville, Iowa">Farnhamville</a>‡</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fort Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gowrie,_Iowa" title="Gowrie, Iowa">Gowrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harcourt,_Iowa" title="Harcourt, Iowa">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh,_Iowa" title="Lehigh, Iowa">Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorland,_Iowa" title="Moorland, Iowa">Moorland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otho,_Iowa" title="Otho, Iowa">Otho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_Iowa" title="Stratford, Iowa">Stratford</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent,_Iowa" title="Vincent, Iowa">Vincent</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Iowa highlighting Webster County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/75px-Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/113px-Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Webster_County.svg.png 2x" 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Iowa">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Johnson Township, Webster County, Iowa">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Grove_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Lost Grove Township, Webster County, Iowa">Lost Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Newark Township, Webster County, Iowa">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otho_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Otho Township, Webster County, Iowa">Otho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Valley_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Pleasant Valley Township, Webster County, Iowa">Pleasant Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Roland Township, Webster County, Iowa">Roland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumner_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Sumner Township, Webster County, Iowa">Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahkonsa_Township,_Webster_County,_Iowa" title="Wahkonsa Township, Webster County, 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Iowa county seats"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="County_seats_of_Iowa28" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seats</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adel,_Iowa" title="Adel, Iowa">Adel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albia,_Iowa" title="Albia, Iowa">Albia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algona,_Iowa" title="Algona, Iowa">Algona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allison,_Iowa" title="Allison, Iowa">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anamosa,_Iowa" title="Anamosa, Iowa">Anamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic,_Iowa" title="Atlantic, Iowa">Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audubon,_Iowa" title="Audubon, Iowa">Audubon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Iowa" title="Bedford, Iowa">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield,_Iowa" title="Bloomfield, Iowa">Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_Iowa" title="Boone, Iowa">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Iowa" title="Burlington, Iowa">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll,_Iowa" title="Carroll, Iowa">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Cedar Rapids, Iowa">Cedar Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Iowa" title="Centerville, Iowa">Centerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chariton,_Iowa" title="Chariton, Iowa">Chariton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City,_Iowa" title="Charles City, Iowa">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee,_Iowa" title="Cherokee, Iowa">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarinda,_Iowa" title="Clarinda, Iowa">Clarinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion,_Iowa" title="Clarion, Iowa">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Iowa" title="Clinton, Iowa">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corning,_Iowa" title="Corning, Iowa">Corning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corydon,_Iowa" title="Corydon, Iowa">Corydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_Bluffs,_Iowa" title="Council Bluffs, Iowa">Council Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cresco,_Iowa" title="Cresco, Iowa">Cresco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creston,_Iowa" title="Creston, Iowa">Creston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_City,_Iowa" title="Dakota City, Iowa">Dakota City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decorah,_Iowa" title="Decorah, Iowa">Decorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denison,_Iowa" title="Denison, Iowa">Denison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa"> Des Moines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubuque,_Iowa" title="Dubuque, Iowa">Dubuque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldora,_Iowa" title="Eldora, Iowa">Eldora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkader,_Iowa" title="Elkader, Iowa">Elkader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmetsburg,_Iowa" title="Emmetsburg, Iowa">Emmetsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estherville,_Iowa" title="Estherville, Iowa">Estherville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Iowa" title="Fairfield, Iowa">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_City,_Iowa" title="Forest City, Iowa">Forest City</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fort Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Madison,_Iowa" title="Fort Madison, Iowa">Fort Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_Iowa" title="Garner, Iowa">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood,_Iowa" title="Glenwood, Iowa">Glenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield,_Iowa" title="Greenfield, Iowa">Greenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_Center,_Iowa" title="Grundy Center, Iowa">Grundy Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guthrie_Center,_Iowa" title="Guthrie Center, Iowa">Guthrie Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Iowa" title="Hampton, Iowa">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan,_Iowa" title="Harlan, Iowa">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ida_Grove,_Iowa" title="Ida Grove, Iowa">Ida Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Iowa" title="Independence, Iowa">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianola,_Iowa" title="Indianola, Iowa">Indianola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa" title="Iowa City, Iowa">Iowa City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_Iowa" title="Jefferson, Iowa">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keokuk,_Iowa" title="Keokuk, Iowa">Keokuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keosauqua,_Iowa" title="Keosauqua, Iowa">Keosauqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Iowa" title="Knoxville, Iowa">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Mars,_Iowa" title="Le Mars, Iowa">Le Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon,_Iowa" title="Leon, Iowa">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan,_Iowa" title="Logan, Iowa">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Iowa" title="Manchester, Iowa">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maquoketa,_Iowa" title="Maquoketa, Iowa">Maquoketa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marengo,_Iowa" title="Marengo, Iowa">Marengo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshalltown,_Iowa" title="Marshalltown, Iowa">Marshalltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_City,_Iowa" title="Mason City, Iowa">Mason City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma,_Iowa" title="Montezuma, Iowa">Montezuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ayr,_Iowa" title="Mount Ayr, Iowa">Mount Ayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Iowa" title="Mount Pleasant, Iowa">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscatine,_Iowa" title="Muscatine, Iowa">Muscatine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada,_Iowa" title="Nevada, Iowa">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampton,_Iowa" title="New Hampton, Iowa">New Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Iowa" title="Newton, Iowa">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_Iowa" title="Northwood, Iowa">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onawa,_Iowa" title="Onawa, Iowa">Onawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_City,_Iowa" title="Orange City, Iowa">Orange City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage,_Iowa" title="Osage, Iowa">Osage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola,_Iowa" title="Osceola, Iowa">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskaloosa,_Iowa" title="Oskaloosa, Iowa">Oskaloosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottumwa,_Iowa" title="Ottumwa, Iowa">Ottumwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocahontas,_Iowa" title="Pocahontas, Iowa">Pocahontas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primghar,_Iowa" title="Primghar, Iowa">Primghar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Oak,_Iowa" title="Red Oak, Iowa">Red Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Rock Rapids, Iowa">Rock Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_City,_Iowa" title="Rockwell City, Iowa">Rockwell City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sac_City,_Iowa" title="Sac City, Iowa">Sac City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibley,_Iowa" title="Sibley, Iowa">Sibley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney,_Iowa" title="Sidney, Iowa">Sidney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigourney,_Iowa" title="Sigourney, Iowa">Sigourney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_Iowa" title="Spencer, Iowa">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Lake,_Iowa" title="Spirit Lake, Iowa">Spirit Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Lake,_Iowa" title="Storm Lake, Iowa">Storm Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton,_Iowa" title="Tipton, Iowa">Tipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Iowa" title="Toledo, Iowa">Toledo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinton,_Iowa" title="Vinton, Iowa">Vinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapello,_Iowa" title="Wapello, Iowa">Wapello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Iowa" title="Washington, Iowa">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Iowa" title="Waterloo, Iowa">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waukon,_Iowa" title="Waukon, Iowa">Waukon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waverly,_Iowa" title="Waverly, Iowa">Waverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster_City,_Iowa" title="Webster City, Iowa">Webster City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Union,_Iowa" title="West Union, Iowa">West Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterset,_Iowa" title="Winterset, Iowa">Winterset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Iowa367" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Iowa" title="Template:Iowa"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Iowa" title="Template talk:Iowa"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Iowa" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Iowa"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="State_of_Iowa367" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Iowa" title="Outline of Iowa">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_Iowa" title="Archaeology of Iowa">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iowa_area_codes" title="List of Iowa area codes">Area codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Iowa" title="Attorney General of Iowa">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa State Auditor">Auditor of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Capitol" title="Iowa State Capitol">Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Iowa" title="Climate change in Iowa">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Iowa" title="Code of Iowa">Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_congressional_districts" title="Iowa's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Iowa" title="Crime in Iowa">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Iowa" title="United States congressional delegations from Iowa">Delegations</a> <ul><li><a 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Iowa">Historic Places</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Iowa-related_articles" title="Index of Iowa-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly" title="Iowa General Assembly">Legislature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Iowa">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Iowa" title="List of museums in Iowa">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Iowa" title="List of people from Iowa">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Iowa" title="Native American tribes in Iowa">Native Americans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Iowa" title="Political party strength in Iowa">Political parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Democratic_Party" title="Iowa Democratic Party">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Iowa" title="Libertarian Party of Iowa">Libertarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Iowa" title="Republican Party of Iowa">Republican</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Iowa" title="Seal of Iowa">Seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Agriculture_of_Iowa" title="Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa">Secretary of Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Iowa" title="Secretary of State of Iowa">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iowa_state_parks" title="List of Iowa state parks">State Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Supreme_Court" title="Iowa Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iowa_state_symbols" title="List of Iowa state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Iowa" title="Treasurer of Iowa">Treasurer of State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Iowa" title="Geography of Iowa">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines_metropolitan_area" title="Des Moines metropolitan area">Des Moines metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area" title="Driftless Area">Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_River_Road" title="Great River Road">Great River Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_War" title="Honey War">Honey Lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Great_Lakes" title="Iowa Great Lakes">Iowa Great Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loess_Hills" title="Loess Hills">Loess Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha%E2%80%93Council_Bluffs_metropolitan_area" title="Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area">Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_Iowa_cities_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest Iowa cities by population">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ames,_Iowa" title="Ames, Iowa">Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankeny,_Iowa" title="Ankeny, Iowa">Ankeny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettendorf,_Iowa" title="Bettendorf, Iowa">Bettendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Iowa" title="Burlington, Iowa">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Falls,_Iowa" title="Cedar Falls, Iowa">Cedar Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Cedar Rapids, Iowa">Cedar Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Iowa" title="Clinton, Iowa">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_Bluffs,_Iowa" title="Council Bluffs, Iowa">Council Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubuque,_Iowa" title="Dubuque, Iowa">Dubuque</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fort Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa" title="Iowa City, Iowa">Iowa City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Iowa" title="Marion, Iowa">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshalltown,_Iowa" title="Marshalltown, Iowa">Marshalltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_City,_Iowa" title="Mason City, Iowa">Mason City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscatine,_Iowa" title="Muscatine, Iowa">Muscatine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottumwa,_Iowa" title="Ottumwa, Iowa">Ottumwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbandale,_Iowa" title="Urbandale, Iowa">Urbandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Iowa" title="Waterloo, Iowa">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="West Des Moines, Iowa">West Des Moines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Iowa" title="List of counties in Iowa">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Iowa" title="Adair County, Iowa">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Iowa" title="Adams County, Iowa">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allamakee_County,_Iowa" title="Allamakee County, Iowa">Allamakee</a></li> <li><a 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