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Le Mars / l ə ˈ m ɑːr z / is a city and the county seat of Plymouth County, Iowa, United States. [2] It is located on the Floyd River northeast of Sioux City . The population was 10,571 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
Plymouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,698. [1] The county seat is Le Mars. [2] Plymouth County was named after Plymouth, Massachusetts. [3] Plymouth County is part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Le Mars is located in northwest Iowa, which is the last part of the state to be settled. [2] Settlement came with the railroads. The Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad was built through the region in 1869 to 1870. In June 1870, the town was platted, and two years later it won an election to move the county seat from Melbourne.
St. George's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal Church building located in Le Mars, Iowa, United States. Designed in the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture, it was erected in 1881. It is one of the few remnants of the English era in Le Mars' early history. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Plymouth County Historical Museum is located in Le Mars, Iowa, United States. The building was originally Le Mars Central High School. The first school building in the city was constructed on this block in 1876. [2] It was torn down in 1905 when the center part of this building was completed in 1905.
The Foster Park Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Le Mars, Iowa, United States.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]
The Plymouth County Courthouse located in Le Mars, Iowa, United States, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. [1] The courthouse is the fourth building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
The Tonsfeldt Round Barn is a historic building located on the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in LeMars, Iowa, United States.It was built in 1918 to house H.P. Tonsfeldt's purebread Polled Hereford cattle, and prize bull, on his farm west of the city. [2]