Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones are the two big names...

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the 29th state, known as the hawkeye state, is named as a tribute to chief Black Hawk, leader of the Sac Indians, who after the tribes unsuccessful fight against the white settlers, were relocated to Iowa, a state named from the Iowa river, after the ioway Indians

The approximate driving distance from Virginia to Iowa is 1010 miles or 17 1/2 hours driving time. This is according to Google Maps. com. You did not specify which city in Virginia is your starting point, nor did you did write what city in Iowa is your destination, therefore, it may take a longer, or shorter, time to get from Virginia to Iowa than 17 1/2 hours.

First Class Mail is delivered in three to five days.

There are several states that border Iowa. Wisconsin and Illinois are on the east side, Nebraska is on the west, and Minnesota is on the north. The state of Missouri borders the south of Iowa.

1643 acres to be exact

Arkansas is directly south of Missouri. Directly south of Arkansas is Louisiana. To the east of Missouri are Illinois and Kentucky. To the west are Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.

The term "Hawkeye" originally appeared in the book, The Last of the Mohicans, and was later used in its plural form to describe the people of Iowa. Soon thereafter, the University of Iowa borrowed this nickname for its athletic teams. Some also believe the reference relates to the famous Indian Chief Black Hawk, who led the Sauk and Fox tribes and lived along the Mississippi River in the early 19th century in present day eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

Des Moines' estimated population as of July 1, 2016 per the U.S. Census Bureau is 215,472. The population of the Des Moines metropolitan area was 569,633 as of the 2010 U.S. census and the 2014 estimated population was 611,549.

Iowa has no geographical features; it is notoriously flat.

Just kidding!! While Iowa is the 9th flattest US state (by total range of elevation), and its most famous geographical feature is the quite flat southern Iowa drift plains, most of the rest of the state has quite varied geography. Notable features include the Mississippi River, the Iowa Great Lakes, the hardwood forests and razor ridges of the Loess Hills, the Driftless Area in north-east Iowa (noted for its rugged hills, steep bluffs and deep, scenic river valleys such as the Upper Iowa), Paint Rock Bluff (a rocky bluff in the Mississippi named for its Native American petroglyphs) and the intriguing Manson meteor crater (which you can't actually see from the surface, unfortunately.)

Also, not strictly geographical, but Iowa was one of the homes of the Mound Builder culture and there remain a large number of massive, prehistoric earthworks. Particularly notable is Effigy Mounds National Monument, where over 200 mounds are arranged in the form of gigantic animals.

Iowa has 56,273 square miles of total area which includes 55,857 square miles of land area.

On 28 December 1846, Iowa was admitted to the Union as the 29th state.
Iowa was admitted into the Union on December 28, 1846 becoming the 29th state to join the Union.

The only state that shares a border with Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan is Wisconsin, whose capital is Madison.

Des Moines became the capital of Iowa in 1857.

The Iowa state park system offers an outstanding array of outdoor recreation opportunities within its 83* state parks and recreation areas. Nearly 53,000 acres of land are available for activities ranging from sight-seeing and hiking to camping, picnicking, and swimming. Iowa's parks and recreation areas also encompass a great variety of beautiful and unique natural settings, as well as points of historic significance.

Park lands are operated and maintained by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the use and enjoyment of Iowa residents and visitors. The park system is administered by the headquarter's staff in Des Moines and 4 park supervisors located throughout the state.

State park attendance during the past five years has averaged 12 million, annually.

Kansas has voted Republican fairly consistently since the 1950s. It's population growth has not kept pace with the rest of the nation, and it's electoral influence has declined as a result.

2016: 6 - Donald Trump (R)

2012: 6 - Mitt Romney (R)

2008: 6 - John McCain (R)

2004: 6 - George W. Bush (R)

2000: 6 - George W. Bush (R)

1996: 6 - Bob Dole (R)

1992: 6 - George H. W. Bush (R)

1988: 7 - George H. W. Bush (R)

1984: 7 - Ronald Reagan (R)

1980: 7 - Ronald Reagan (R)

1976: 7 - Gerald Ford (R)

1972: 7 - Richard Nixon (R)

1968: 7 - Richard Nixon (R)

1964: 7 - Lyndon Johnson (D)

1960: 8 - Richard Nixon (R)

1956: 8 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1952: 8 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1948: 8 - Thomas E. Dewey (R)

1944: 8 - Thomas E. Dewey (R)

1940: 9 - Wendell Willkie (R)

1936: 9 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1932: 9 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1928: 10 - Herbert Hoover (R)

1924: 10 - Calvin Coolidge (R)

1920: 10 - Warren G. Harding (R)

1916: 10 - Woodrow Wilson (D)

1912: 10 - Woodrow Wilson (D)

1908: 10 - William Howard Taft (R)

1904: 10 - Theodore Roosevelt (R)

1900: 10 - William McKinley (R)

1896: 10 - William Jennings Bryan (D)

1892: 10 - James Weaver (Populist)

1888: 9 - Benjamin Harrison (R)

1884: 9 - James G. Blaine (R)

1880: 5 - James A. Garfield (R)

1876: 5 - Rutherford B. Hayes (R)

1872: 5 - Ulysses S. Grant (R)

1868: 3 - Ulysses S. Grant (R)

1864: 3 - Abraham Lincoln (National Union)

Iowa could be considered a "grassland" biome. This is because of its vast prairies, tall grasses, and the types of animals and plants that live there.

Current events are always changing. For the most current information, check news sources such as newspapers, online news, radio, and television.

The presidential campaign is current news in Iowa (Sept. 2012).

Tuition and college costs have increased at Iowa's three public universities.

College football wins and losses are current events in Iowa.

Local governments have brownfield sites that could be cleaned up and made available for economic development, but are not applying for available federal funds because they either don't know about them or because of the mounds of paperwork involved.

Yes, Iowa does have a state animal. It is the Eastern Goldfinch.

Terrace Hill built in 1869.

Yes! It's the number one producer in the US, growing nearly 2.439 billion bushels of grain and 4.84 million tons of corn silage in 2009, and thousands of tons of sweet corn for processing and the fresh market as well.

New Hampshire has less land area than Iowa. Iowa has 56,273 square miles of total area which includes 55,857 square miles of land area. New Hampshire has 9,349 square miles of total area which includes 8,952 square miles of land area.

Ethanol Production is a rapidly growing industry in Iowa and the other midwestern corn producing states. Other than that, farming, some clean industries and the university systems are major employers.