Gazetteer
Appanoose -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000): 13721
Housing Units (2000): 6697
Land area (2000): 496.251692 sq. miles (1285.285927 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 20.095309 sq. miles (52.046608 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 516.347001 sq. miles (1337.332535 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.751359 N, 92.863972 W
Headwords:
Housing Units (2000): 6697
Land area (2000): 496.251692 sq. miles (1285.285927 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 20.095309 sq. miles (52.046608 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 516.347001 sq. miles (1337.332535 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.751359 N, 92.863972 W
Headwords:
Appanoose
Appanoose, IA
Appanoose County
Appanoose County, IA
Appanoose, IA
Appanoose County
Appanoose County, IA
Wikipedia
Appanoose
Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa; he was son of Taimah (Chief Tama) and probably a grandson of Quashquame. Prior to European-American settlement in the 19th century, the tribe occupied territory in what became Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.
Several place names and a US Navy ship honored Appanoose:
- Appanoose County, Iowa
- Appanoose County Courthouse
- Appanoose County Community Railroad
- Appanoose Township, Franklin County, Kansas
- Appanoose Township, Hancock County, Illinois
- USS Appanoose (AK-226), a Crater class cargo ship.