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Ottumwa, Iowa
Nickname: River of Opportunity
Location of Ottumwa in the state of Iowa.
Coordinates: 41°0′47″N 92°24′53″W / 41.01306, -92.41472
County Wapello
Government
 - Mayor Dale Uehling
Area
 - City 42.7 km²  (16.5 sq mi)
 - Land 40.9 km² (15.8 sq mi)
 - Water 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (2000)
 - City 24,998
 - Density 585.4/km² (1,516.2/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Website: ci.ottumwa.ia.us

Ottumwa (pronounced "Uh-tuhm-wa") is a city in Wapello County, Iowa. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wapello CountyGR6. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Adapted from Wikipedias IA county maps by Seth Ilys. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  Ranked 26th  - Total 56,272 sq mi (145,743 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 199 miles (320 km)  - % water 0. ... Map of counties Map of counties with numbers Iowa is divided into 99 counties. ... Wapello County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ...  CST or UTC-6 The Central Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time (UTC-6) and five hours during daylight saving time (UTC-5). ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ...  CST or UTC-6 The Central Standard Time Zone (CST) is a geographic region in the Americas that keeps time by subtracting six hours from UTC (UTC-6). ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Wapello County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  Ranked 26th  - Total 56,272 sq mi (145,743 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 199 miles (320 km)  - % water 0. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Des Moines River - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Contents

Canteen Lunch in the Alley

Ottumwa is known for having many different historical locations around its downtown area. In central downtown the Canteen in the Alley has been a stopping point for Ottumwans since the 1920s. Located south of Richard Nixon's residence during his stay in the 1940s many other famous patrons since Nixon have also been seen eating a "Canteen" (a loose meat sandwich similar to a maid rite). On the sitcom Roseanne starring Roseanne Barr and briefly Tom Arnold, Roseanne's restaurant was based on the Canteen Lunch in the Alley. Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Nixon is the surname of some prominent people: Richard Nixon - 37th President of the United States Patricia Nixon - First Lady to President Richard Nixon Tricia Nixon Cox - older daughter to Richard and Pat Nixon Julie Nixon Eisenhower - younger daughter to Richard and Pat Nixon John B. Nixon - oldest inmate executed... Roseanne is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997, starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr. ... This article is about the actress. ... Thomas Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. ...


Railroads

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

The BNSF Railway has tracks through Ottumwa. This is a major segment in the Chicago-Omaha line that is double track. The tracks travel under U.S. Highway 34, pass through the business district, under the U.S. Highway 63 bridge, cross over the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad tracks, exit Ottumwa, and later cross over the Des Moines River on their way to Albia, Iowa, and later Omaha, Nebraska. The BNSF Railway (AAR reporting marks BNSF), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in North America (only one competitor, the Union Pacific Railroad, is larger in size). ... U.S. Highway 34 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from the western suburbs of Chicago to north-central Colorado. ... United States Highway 63 is an north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles (2,070 km) from northern Wisconsin to northern Louisiana. ... An eastbound IC&E train passing Fairdale, Illinois, on May 29, 2005. ... Des Moines River - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Albia is a city in Monroe County, Iowa, United States. ... Nickname: Motto: (Latin) Courageously in every enterprise Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Government  - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area  - City  118. ...


The Norfolk Southern Railway has trackage rights over the BNSF through Ottumwa. Norfolk Southern Headquarters Norfolk, Virginia. ...


(See the Amtrak entry under Transportation (below).) Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...


Geography

Ottumwa is located at 41°0′47″N, 92°24′53″W (41.012917, -92.414817)GR1.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.7 km² (16.5 mi²). 40.9 km² (15.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.7 km² (0.7 mi²) of it (4.07%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...


Demographics

Wapello County Courthouse
Wapello County Courthouse

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 24,998 people, 10,383 households, and 6,530 families residing in the city. The population density was 610.9/km² (1,582.2/mi²). There were 11,038 housing units at an average density of 269.7/km² (698.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.33% White, 1.27% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.38% from other races, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of the population. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 900 pixel, file size: 261 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): Wapello County, Iowa Ottumwa, Iowa User... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 900 pixel, file size: 261 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): Wapello County, Iowa Ottumwa, Iowa User... 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. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... 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 were 10,383 households out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...


In the city the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.


The median income for a household in the city was $30,174, and the median income for a family was $37,302. Males had a median income of $31,222 versus $20,934 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,040. About 10.9% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over. 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. ...


Transportation

View of Amtrak passenger rail station.
View of Amtrak passenger rail station.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Ottumwa, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, across the San Francisco Bay from San Francisco. Image File history File linksMetadata Ottumwa_Station. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ottumwa_Station. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Other information Code OTM Traffic Passengers (2006) 11,190 3. ... Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado beside the Colorado River on March 21, 1949. ... Union Station is a Chicago train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...


U.S. Highways 34 and 63 currently serve the town; but 63 will bypass the town by 2008, completing a link from Burlington to Des Moines. Current plans are to extend Iowa Highway 149 from its current terminus, one mile north of town. This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ...


Media

Radio stations

AM

  • KBIZ-AM 1240, Talk Radio
  • KLEE-AM 1480, Country, Talk Radio

FM

  • KUNZ-FM 91.1, Public radio (under construction)
  • KTWA 92.7, Adult Contemporary
  • KOTM 97.7, Top 40
  • KMGO 98.7, Country
  • KKSI-FM 101.5, Classic Rock
  • KRKN-FM 104.3, Country

Television stations

  • KTVO 3 Local ABC affiliate
  • KYOU-TV 15 Local FOX affiliate (also on translator channel 25, K25DE)
  • K18GU 18 Translator of KIIN Iowa City, a PBS and IPTV affiliate
  • K23CI 23 Translator of KCCI Des Moines, a CBS affiliate
  • K27CV 27 Translator of WHO-TV Des Moines, an NBC affiliate
  • K42AM 42 Low power TBN affiliate

KTVO 3 is the ABC station for Kirksville, Missouri and Ottumwa, Iowa, USA. KTVO first went on-air November 21, 1955. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... KYOU-TV is a television station in Ottumwa, Iowa, broadcasting locally on channel 15 as an affiliate of Fox, with additional programming from UPN. Founded December 27, 1984, the station is owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings and controlled by Raycom Media, the current owner of KTVO. The station also has... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is a statewide public broadcasting network of television stations in the state of Iowa. ... Note: Public Broadcasting Services is a broadcaster in Malta. ... Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is a statewide public broadcasting network of television stations in the state of Iowa. ... KCCI is a television station that broadcasts on channel 8 in Des Moines, Iowa. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... WHO-TV is a television station that broadcasts on channel 13 in Des Moines, Iowa and channel 27 in Ottumwa, Iowa. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the largest Christian religious television network in the world and is headquartered near Los Angeles in Costa Mesa, California with studios near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Irving, Texas and near Nashville in Hendersonville, Tennessee. ...

Print

The Ottumwa Courier (formerly called Ottumwa Daily Courier) is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) daily newspaper published in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, and covering Wapello County, Iowa. ... Modern printed newspapers all over the world are developing and running web newspapers. ...

Higher education

Ottumwa is the home of Indian Hills Community College, a two year community college. Between 1928 and 1980, it was also home to Ottumwa Heights College, a women's college that merged with Indian Hills in 1979 to create one institution. Indian Hills is located at the former Ottumwa Heights campus. Indian Hills Community College is a two year public community area community college located in Southeast Iowa with campuses located in Ottumwa, Iowa and Centerville, Iowa. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Ottumwa Heights College was a liberal arts college for women based in Ottumwa, Iowa. ... In higher education, particularly in the United States, a womens college is a college (that is, a primarily undergraduate, bachelors degree-granting institution) whose students are exclusively women. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...


Notable Natives

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Video Game Capital of the World

The City of Ottumwa, Iowa was officially proclaimed the "Video Game Capital of the World" by a Mayoral decree issued on November 30, 1982 by Ottumwa Mayor Jerry Parker.


To confirm this claim, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad visited Ottumwa on March 19, 1983 to join Atari Games, Inc. and the Amusement Games Manufacturer Association (AGMA) as they unanimously declared Ottumwa the "Video Game Capital of the World."

As further evidence of this unique status, Ottumwa hosted history's first video game world championship, which was filmed by *ABC-TV's "That's Incredible" on the weekend of January 8-9, 1983 and aired the night of February 21, 1983.


Playing a central role in video game history, Ottumwa was the birth site of the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard and the U.S. National Video Game Team, two organizations that still exist today. Among the historic firsts that happened in the Video Game Capital of the World were: Twin Galaxiesâ„¢ is an organization which tracks video game world records through a website, a Book of World Records and through a diverse program of promotions designed to crown the champions of the electronic gaming industry. ... The U.S. National Video Game Teamâ„¢ was founded on July 25, 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard. ...

EXTERNAL NEWS RESOURCES:

Two sportswriters from The Maneater in Columbia, Missouri have called Ottumwa "The Sports Radio Capital of the World" on a recent trip because their radio picked up stations from Dallas, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles.


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