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• Admission to Statehood: December 28, 1846
• Ancestry and Genealogy: Iowa State Database
• Area: 56276 sq.mi., 26th   Land 55875 sq.mi., 23rd   Water 401 sq.mi., 44th
  
• Area Codes: 319 - 515 -563 - 641 - 712
• Biographies: Famous Iowans
• Bird: Eastern Goldfinch   50states List
• Border States: Regional List   Illinois   Minnesota   Missouri   Nebraska   South Dakota   Wisconsin
• Cam World: Live Web Cams
• City Guides: Iowa City Guides
• Classified Ads: Shop50states Classifieds
• Climate: Iowa
• Colleges, Universities: Iowa Colleges, Iowa Business Schools, Iowa Art Schools
• Community and Technical Colleges: Iowa Community College
• Constitution: 29th State
• County Profile: County Map   99 Counties
• Courts: Judicial System
• Current Events: Iowa News Headlines
• Department of: Education   Licensure
• Driving: MVD
• Economy:
  • Agriculture: Hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle, dairy products.
  • Industry: Food processing, machinery, electric equipment, chemical products, printing and publishing, primary metals.
• Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
• Fast Facts: 50states List
• Flag:
  Having three vertical stripes blue, white and red the Iowa flag resembles the flag of France. On the white stripe is a bald eagle carrying a blue streamer in its beak. The state motto "Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We will Maintain" is written on the streamer. The name of the state is emblazoned in red letters. Flag adopted 1921.
  
• Flower: Wild Prairie Rose   Rosa pratinco 
  • Geographic Center: Story, 5 mi northeast of Ames
  • Governor: Office of Governor
  • Highest Point: High Point; 1,670 feet, 42nd
  • Highway Markers: Iowa  Resource Manual
  • History:   Civil War
  • Largest Cities: Des Moines   Cedar Rapids   Davenport   Sioux City   Waterloo   Iowa City   Council Bluffs   Dubuque   Ames   Cedar Falls
  • License Plates: Iowa
  • Local Resources: Iowa Courts Iowa Fire Departments Iowa Counseling Services Iowa Police Departments Iowa Government Offices
  • Lottery: Iowa Lottery
  • Lowest Point: Juction of Mississippi & DesMoines rivers; 480 feet, 38th
  • Maps: Rand McNally   DMOZ   Blank Outline Map   50states List
  • Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
  • Museums: The Virtual Library
  • Newspapers: Iowa
  • Nickname: Hawkeye State
  • Population: Quick facts   2,926,324; 30th - 12/00
  • Presidental Birthplace:
    • Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933 {31st}
    • Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
  • Public Records: Iowa
  • Real Estate: Iowa Real Estate
  • Representatives:
    • US House:   110th Congress
    • US Senate:   110th Congress
    • Iowa House: Members
    • Iowa Senate: Members
  • Road Side America: Iowa
  • School Directory: Iowa Schools     Public Schools   Private Schools
  • Soil: Iowa - Tama
  • Song: The Song of Iowa   50states List   Sheet Music
    • words by: S.H.M. Byers
  • Sports: Iowa Teams
  • State Parks: Iowa
  • State Quarters: Iowa
  • Symbols: Iowa Symbols
  • Topography: Image   Watershed from northwest to southeast; soil especially rich and land level in the north central region.
  • Travel: Iowa Travel
  • Tree: Oak (Northern Red Oak shown)   Quercus  
  • Unclaimed Funds: Iowa
  • Veteran Affairs: Iowa VA   Military Links
  • Vital Records: Iowa Vital Records
  • Weather: Des Moines, Des Moines International Airport
  • White Pages: Iowa White Pages
  • Yellow Pages: Iowa Yellow Pages
  • Zip Codes: Iowa Zip Codes