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Keokuk / ˈ k iː ə k ʌ k / is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States. [5] It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the 2020 census. [6]
Keokuk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 10,033. [ 1 ] The county seat is Sigourney .
The John N. and Mary L. (Rankin) Irwin House is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1] In 2002 it was included as a contributing property in The Park Place-Grand Avenue Residential District. [2]
It was known as the "best place to live in Keokuk." [3] and still holds that distinction. The Park Place/Grand Avenue Historic district features 146 years of architecture from 1856 until 2002. [4] In 1856, Charles Mason, a former Chief Justice of the Iowa Territory, platted Mason's Upper Addition to the city of Keokuk.
The Gen. Samuel R. Curtis House is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Samuel R. Curtis was an engineer, congressman and served as mayor of Keokuk in the 1850s. He was the hero of the Battle of Pea Ridge during the American Civil War. Curtis was the first Major General from Iowa during the war. [2]
The Justice Samuel Freeman Miller House is a historic building in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It is now operated as the Miller House Museum by the Lee County Historical Society. The significance of this house is its association with Samuel Freeman Miller who had it built. [ 2 ]
The E. H. Harrison House is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States.It was designed in a combination of Federal, Greek Revival, and Second Empire styles by local architect Frederick H. Moore, and built in 1857 by local builder R.P. Gray.
The Iowa General Assembly had established Keokuk as the second county seat in 1848, making Lee County as the only Iowa county that has more than one courthouse. [3] The Sullivan Line was used to divide the county into northern and southern sections.