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Amish settlement in what is now the Kalona area began in the 1840s, placing the Amish among the first European settlers in the area. The split between Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonites occurred in the 1860s in most places, but it was not until the 1880s that the formal split occurred in Iowa, even though a process of sorting out between conservatives and change-minded Amish had begun a ...
St. John's Lutheran Church, also known as Evangelical St. John's German Lutheran Church, was a complex of historic buildings located north of Kalona, Iowa, United States. This Lutheran congregation was organized in 1870 by German immigrants who settled in southern Johnson County in the 1860s. [ 2 ]
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Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Story County, Iowa. The land that today is known as Story County was originally prairie with the exception of some groves along the larger streams in the area. In 1846 the boundaries of Story County were established. The county has an area of 576 square miles (1,490 km 2) and is square in shape.
It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,363 at the 2010 census. Kalona is the second largest city in Washington County. Amish settlement in what is now the Kalona area began in the 1840s, placing the Amish among the very first European settlers in the area. Other Amish groups came later.
2022 US Census population pyramid for Marion County from ACS 5-year estimates. The 2020 census recorded a population of 33,414 in the county, with a population density of 58.4743/sq mi (22.5770/km 2). 96.24% of the population reported being of one race. 91.15% were non-Hispanic White, 0.87% were Black, 2.09% were Hispanic, 0.21% were Native American, 1.20% were Asian, 0.06% were Native ...
Linn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 230,299, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Cedar Rapids. [2] Linn County is named in honor of Senator Lewis F. Linn of Missouri. [3] Linn County is included in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical ...
The area labeled 'Caldwell's Camp' was a Potawatomi village led by Sauganash. This was later developed as Council Bluffs. [11] These tribes moved to Iowa during the historic period: Potawatomi; Ojibwe (Chippewa) Odawa (Ottawa) The forced relocation of tribes in the 19th century from east of the Mississippi led to some eastern tribes living in ...