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Out of the bank's expansion, grew the need for limited liability status and in 1901, The Salvation Army Bank became Reliance Bank Limited. [1] Today, the Salvation Army International Trustee Company still retain sole ownership of the bank and each year receive a share of the bank's allowable profits (a total of £12 million over the last 10 years).
Iowa County was formed on February 17, 1843. It was named for the Iowa River, which flows through the county. [4] The first courthouse was a log cabin built in 1847. This was rented by the county until 1850 when a second courthouse was completed. In 1861 construction of a third courthouse was begun.
Creston is located on U.S. Route 34 in southwest Iowa, approximately 55 miles (90 km) southwest of Des Moines and 80 miles (130 km) east of Omaha, Nebraska. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.25 square miles (13.60 km 2 ), of which 5.19 square miles (13.44 km 2 ) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km ...
Blake was the first postmaster in Sioux Rapids and the first person from the county to be elected to the Iowa House, serving in the 1872 session. ... days (≥ 0.1 in ...
Ira (/ ˈ aɪ r ə /) is an unincorporated community located in Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. [1] The population in 2010 was 29 people. [ 2 ]
There were 88 households, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.4% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone ...
The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males.
The town of Scotch Grove was laid out in 1872 by James and Charles Applegate, [3] on whose property the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad depot had been built the same year. The community developed as an agriculture-related business center in the heyday of Iowa's agricultural golden age between the 1890s and the 1920s.