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Pages in category "People from Cerro Gordo County, Iowa" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
St. Joseph Cemetery was established just north of the Mason City Cemetery in 1875. The bodies from the cemetery on the northeast side of town were relocated to Mason City Cemetery in 1893, and its name was changed to Elmwood the following year. The first of Elmwood's seven mausoleums was completed in 1908. Mason City took over operations of ...
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Members of the Class of 2014 and Class of 2024 pose for a photo after painting the rock in the Perry High School parking lot following the Jan. 4 shooting.
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Cerro Gordo County (/ ˈ s ɛr oʊ ˈ ɡ ɔːr d oʊ /; Spanish: [ˈsero ˈɣoɾðo]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,127. [1] Its county seat is Mason City. [2] The county is named for the Battle of Cerro Gordo, which took place during the Mexican–American War.
When Cerro Gordo County was created in 1855 Mason City was selected to be the county seat. Dissatisfaction in the western part of the county led the Iowa General Assembly to appoint three new commissioners who would move the county seat to a site they called Livonia, which was near Clear Lake. A courthouse was built there, and some of the ...
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