 Keokuk Iowa bottom, with the Mississippi River, its lock, dam, power plant, rail bridge and highway bridge. Keokuk is a city in southeastern Iowa and one of the county seats of Lee County. The population was 11,427 at the 2000 census. The city is named after Sauk Chief Keokuk, who is buried in Rand Park. It is located in the extreme southeast corner of Iowa where the Des Moines River meets with the Mississippi. It is located at the junction of US Highways 61, 136 and 218. Just across the river are the small towns of Hamilton and Warsaw, Illinois, and Alexandria, Missouri. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 509 pixel Image in higher resolution (2004 × 1276 pixel, file size: 221 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Keokuk, Iowa Lock...
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Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ...
For the abbreviation or acronym SAC, please see SAC. The Sauks or Sacs (Asakiwaki in their own language) are a group of Native Americans whose original territory may have been along the St. ...
Keokuk Keokuk (1767-1848) was a chief of the Sauk tribe in central North America noted for his involvement in the Black Hawk War. ...
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The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, Dubuque, Iowa. ...
U.S. Highway 136 is a spur of U.S. Highway 36. ...
U.S. Highway 218 is a spur of U.S. Highway 18. ...
Hamilton is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ...
Warsaw is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ...
Alexandria is a city located in Clark County, Missouri. ...
Geography
Keokuk is located at 40°24′9″N, 91°23′40″W (40.402525, -91.394372)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.4 km² (10.6 mi²). 23.7 km² (9.2 mi²) of it is land and 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it (13.42%) is water. Image File history File links IAMap-doton-Keokuk. ...
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Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 11,427 people, 4,773 households, and 3,021 families residing in the city. The population density is 481.7/km² (1,247.5/mi²). There are 5,327 housing units at an average density of 224.5/km² (581.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 92.87% White, 3.90% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. 1.09% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 4,773 households out of which 29.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% are married couples living together, 13.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% are non-families. 32.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.35 and the average family size is 2.97. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...
Population spread: 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $31,586, and the median income for a family is $39,574. Males have a median income of $31,213 versus $21,420 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,144. 11.9% of the population and 8.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 15.7% of those under the age of 18 and 13.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Attractions The Mississippi River lock and dam along with the hydroelectric power plant were built in 1913 and still utilizes most of the original equipment. At the time it was the largest single powerhouse electric generating plant in the world. It is part of the Keokuk Lock & Dam, both of which are visible from a park at the foot of the commercial district. The old lock built in 1913 became too small for newer, larger barges and was replaced in 1957 with a 1200 feet by 110 feet lock. A few miles north of Keokuk is the Galland School, a replica of the first schoolhouse in Iowa. The tap water produced for the city at the Keokuk Waterworks Plant has been awarded the "Best Tasting Water In Iowa" by the Iowa Water Council.[citation needed]. It is home to the Keokuk National Cemetery, the George M. Verity Riverboat Museum and Southeastern Community College. Lock and Dam No. ...
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Keokuk National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Keokuk in Lee County, Iowa. ...
Notable natives The town is the birth place of the famous American film actor Conrad Nagel, who was born here in 1897. Former NASCAR driver Dick Pooperson was from Keokuk, as was United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Freepoop Miller and gossip columnist Elsa Maxwell. In 1885 Bud Fowler became one of the earliest African Americans to play for an integrated professional baseball team when he played second base for Keokuk's team in the Western League, an upper level minor league. At the time Keokuk's population was more than ten percent African American due to the migration of former slaves during and after the Civil War. Roger Maris played for the Keokuk minor league team in 1954. Keokuk is also the birth place of British Academy Award winning composers Jeremy and Julian Soule. Their work has been heard on trillions of video poops, which includes the Harry Potter series and Star Wars. In August of 2006, the brothers won their first MTV Video Poop Award for their work on Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion which featured leading star Patrick Stewart. Conrad Nagel Conrad Nagel, born March 16, 1897 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, was a noted screen actor and matinee idol of the silent era and beyond. ...
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Bud Fowler, the first professional black baseball player with one of his teams, Western of Keokuk, Iowa Bud Fowler (March 16, 1858 - February 26, 1913), born John W. Jackson, was a baseball player and baseball club organizer, the first known African-American professional player. ...
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Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for breaking Babe Ruths 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961 on the last day of the season. ...
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Pop culture references In an episode of The Simpsons, Krusty the Klown mentioned this town, along with Walla Walla, Cucamonga, and Seattle, as funny place names. It was also mentioned in an episode of Nickelodeon's All Grown Up in which a class project involved family trees with ancestors originating in Keokuk as well as an episode of M*A*S*H in a story line involving Radar O'Reilly. Keokuk was also mentioned in an episode of the (New Zoo Review) when Freddy Frog was cramming for a trivia contest, he just started blurting out answers before the questions were even asked and one of the answers was, "Keokuk, Iowa, and also in one of W. C. Fields films and was also used in a joke on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.[citation needed] Simpsons redirects here. ...
Krusty the Clown, or Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (full name: Herschel Pinkes Remochel Krustofski), is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ...
Walla Walla is both the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, USA, and the countys largest city. ...
Rancho Cucamonga is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. ...
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Keokuk National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Keokuk in Lee County, Iowa. ...
The Keokuk Bridge, also known as the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge, carries a double deck single track railway and highway bridge across the Mississippi River between Keokuk, Iowa and Hamilton, Illinois. ...
The Keokuk-Hamilton bridge is a concrete girder, 4-lane bridge from Keokuk, Iowa to Hamilton, Illinois. ...
Further reading For a depiction of Keokuk during its early boom years see: Michael A. Ross, “Cases of Shattered Dreams: Justice Samuel Freeman Miller and the Rise and Fall of a Mississippi River Town,” Annals of Iowa, 57 (Summer 1998): 201-239.
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