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  2. When was Iowa founded? We answer questions about the state's ...

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    How old is Iowa? Iowa became the 29 th state on Dec. 28, 1846. The state celebrated 175 years of statehood in 2021. Who was president when Iowa became a state? James Knox Polk, the 11 th president ...

  3. History of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Iowa became part of the United States of America after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but uncontested U.S. control over what is now Iowa occurred only after the War of 1812 and after a series of treaties eliminated Indian claims on the state. Beginning in the 1830s Euro-American settlements appeared in the Iowa Territory, U.S. statehood was ...

  4. How did Iowa become Iowa? The state's roots are intertwined ...

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    When did Iowa become a state? ... The bill to make Iowa and Florida states was introduced in March 1845, and 11th President James K. Polk made it official on Dec. 28, 1846, admitting Iowa into the ...

  5. List of presidents of the United States by home state

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    Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina his birth state. [1]

  6. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]

  7. 54 Iowa celebrities include John Wayne, Ashton Kutcher and ...

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    Born: West Branch Lifetime: 1874-1964 What he's known for: The 31st president of the United States Less than three decades after Iowa became a state, Herbert Hoover was born in the eastern Iowa ...

  8. Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.

  9. Iowa History Month: How Iowan Lou Henry Hoover became the ...

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    Lou Hoover became active in Girl Scouts shortly after its establishment in 1912. She was elected vice president in 1917, and president in 1922. In 1925, she resigned to become executive board chair.