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West Branch is a city in Cedar and Johnson counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,509 as of the 2020 census. [3] It is the birthplace of the only American president born in Iowa, Herbert Hoover. The Johnson County portion of West Branch is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hoover spent the first eleven years of his life in West Branch. The son of a blacksmith who practiced close to the town, Hoover was born in a small cottage in 1874. The family later moved nearby to the "House of the Maples", a two-story house. Within the next few years, Hoover was orphaned and left West Branch to live with relatives in Oregon.
The West Branch Bank opened at 104 W. Main in 1875, though it moved across the street three years later. The next period of growth was the 1890s. The Union Block, Citizens' Savings Bank, Gruwell and Crew General Store , Patterson-Leech Building, and Rich and Bailey Block were built during this decade.
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and burial place of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States (1929–1933), located on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa.
Cedar County was formed on December 21, 1837, from sections of Dubuque County. It was named for the Cedar River. In 1840, the City of Tipton, the current county seat, was established. Before the Civil War, the area around West Branch was an active focal point of the Underground Railroad, a network for the freeing of slaves from the southern states.
The Iowa DOT announced that Lower West Branch Road over I-80 will be closed starting Feb.28 until 2026. ... Drivers will also be directed to take County Road F-44 at exit 254 to connect with exit ...
The West Branch Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in West Branch, Iowa. [1] It spans across western Cedar County and eastern Johnson County, and serves the city of West Branch, and the surrounding rural areas. [2] Marty Jimmerson has been the superintendent since 2018, after leaving AGWSR Schools. [3]
West Branch's Boston Mulinix dives forward for extra yards in a Division IV playoff game against Streetsboro, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Three plays later, Boston Mulinix scored from the 12 for West ...