Council Bluffs, Iowa | |
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Motto: "Iowa's Spirit"[1] | |
Coordinates: 41°15′50″N 95°53′45″W / 41.26389°N 95.89583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Pottawattamie |
Incorporated | January 19, 1853[2] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Matt Walsh |
• City Council | Joe DiSalvo, Chad Hannan, Roger Sandau, Steve Gorman, Chris Peterson |
Area | |
• City | 45.67 sq mi (118.29 km2) |
• Land | 42.96 sq mi (111.27 km2) |
• Water | 2.71 sq mi (7.02 km2) |
Elevation | 978 ft (298 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 62,799 |
• Estimate (2021) | 62,415 |
• Rank | 10th in Iowa |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (530/km2) |
• Metro | 967,604 (58th) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 51501-51503 |
Area code | 712 |
FIPS code | 19-16860 |
GNIS feature ID | 2393650[4] |
Website | councilbluffs-ia.gov |
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.[5] Its population was 62,799 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's tenth most populous city,[6] and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa. The Omaha metropolitan region of which Council Bluffs is a part, is the 58th largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 967,604 (2020).[7] It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from Omaha, Nebraska. Until about 1853 Council Bluffs was known as Kanesville.[8] Kanesville was the historic starting point of the Mormon Trail. Kanesville is also the northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trails because there was a steam-powered boat which ferried the settlers' wagons and cattle across the Missouri River.[8] In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad to California was connected to the existing U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs.
Apr 21 [1853] Thursday. We traveled 18 miles came to camp ½ mile east of Kanesville by four oclock