| Iowa
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Iowa's official flag was adopted
in 1921. The flag has a red,
white and blue background, like
the French flag; this symbolizes
the fact that Iowa became a
part of the United States as
part of the Louisiana Purchase.
On the white central portion
of the flag, a bald eagle holds
a flowing ribbon that reads,
"OUR LIBERTIES WE PRIZE,
AND OUR RIGHTS WE WILL MAINTAIN."
Iowa became a state on December
29th state in the USA; it became
a state on December 28, 1846
as the 29th state. The state
capital and largest city is
Des Moines.
Iowa is centrally located in
the heart of North America with
the Missouri River to the west
and the Mississippi to the east.
Iowa is the only state bordered
by two navigable rivers. Iowa
borders Minnesota to the north,
Missouri to the south, Illinois
to the east, Nebraska to the
west, Wisconsin to the northeast
and North Dakota to the northwest.
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Iowa is one of the most significant
farmlands on the planet and
has some of the most fertile
soil. The landscape of Iowa
is rich agricultural land with
many plains, prairies, lakes
and rivers. It is also known
for its manufacturing base and
often called the "Hartford
of the West," because of
the numerous insurance company
headquarters found within the
state. Iowa leads the country
in agriculture and has more
than 97,000 farms. It is ranked
number one in the United States
in beef, pork, corn, soybean
and grain production.
Iowa is ranked in the top five
most livable states. It is known
as one of the best, healthiest,
safest states to live and raise
a family. Iowa is one of the
top states in education and
has high education standards.
It also is known for low costs
of living, affordable housing,
short commutes, and one of the
lowest crime states in the nation.
Iowa has a continental climate
and experiences four distinct
seasons. The weather in Iowa
varies great from season to
season and winters are very
cold winters summers can be
very hot and humid. Temperatures
in Iowa can drop to -10 F or
lower in the winter and can
and rise to over 100 F in the
summer. In spring and fall temperatures
and humidity are very pleasant
but usually experience thunderstorms.
Iowa has 99 counties:
Adair
Adams Allamakee Appanoose
Audubon Benton
Black Hawk Boone
Bremer Buchanan Buena
Vista Butler
Calhoun Carroll
Cass Cedar
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee Chickasaw
Clarke Clay
Clayton Clinton
Crawford Dallas Davis
Decatur Delaware Des
Moines Dickinson
Dubuque Emmet
Fayette Floyd
Franklin Fremont
Greene Grundy
Guthrie Hamilton
Hancock Hardin
Harrison Henry
Howard Humboldt
Ida Iowa Jackson
Jasper Jefferson
Johnson Jones
Keokuk Kossuth
Lee Linn Louisa
Lucas Lyon
Madison Mahaska
Marion Marshall
Mills Mitchell Monona
Monroe Montgomery
Muscatine O'Brien
Osceola Page
Palo Alto Plymouth
Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie
Poweshiek Ringgold
Sac Scott Shelby
Sioux Story
Tama Taylor
Union Van Buren
Wapello Warren Washington
Wayne Webster
Winnebago Winneshiek
Woodbury Worth
Wright
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