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Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 5327
Land area (2000): 9.159739 sq. miles (23.723615 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.419029 sq. miles (3.675267 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.578768 sq. miles (27.398882 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40845
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.402525 N, 91.394372 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52632
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Keokuk
Housing Units (2000): 5013
Land area (2000): 579.187655 sq. miles (1500.089075 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.749731 sq. miles (1.941795 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 579.937386 sq. miles (1502.030870 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.324551 N, 92.175063 W
Headwords:
Keokuk, IA
Keokuk County
Keokuk County, IA
Wikipedia
Keokuk may refer to:
- Keokuk (Sauk chief)
Places or warships named after Chief Keokuk:
- Keokuk, Iowa, USA
- Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
- Keokuk Airport, USA
- Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge, USA
- Keokuk Rail Bridge, USA
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, several US Navy ships
Keokuk (1767–1848) was a chief of the Sauk or Sac tribe in central North America noted for his cooperation with the U.S. government which led to war with Black Hawk, who led part of their band into the Black Hawk War. Keokuk County, Iowa and the town of Keokuk, Iowa, where he is buried, are named for him.
In 1829 Caleb Atwater met Keokuk.
Keokuk, the principal warrior of the Sauks, is a shrewd politic man as well as a brave one and he possesses great weight of character in their national councils. He is a high minded, honorable man and never begs of the whites. While ascending the Mississippi to join us at the head of his brave troops, he met, arrested, and brought along with him to Fort Crawford two United States soldiers who were deserting from the garrison when he met them. I informed him that for this act he was entitled to a bounty in money, to which he proudly replied that he acted from motives of friendship towards the United States and would accept no money for it.
Chief Keokuk had not opposed the advance of the white men, and Keokuk and his followers eventually moved west of the Mississippi River. Although a four hundred square mile strip surrounding his village was exempted from the 1832 Black Hawk Purchase, he and his people were eventually moved farther, to a reservation in Kansas, where Keokuk died in 1848. In 1883 his remains were moved back to the town named after him and a monument by Nellie Walker erected there in 1913.
The Chief Keokuk Statue stands today in Rand Park, Keokuk, Iowa, erected by the Keokuk chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Usage examples of "keokuk".
In a part of the world where so many places have harsh, foreignsounding names full of hard consonants-De Kalb, Du Quoin, Keokuk, Kankakee-Springfield is a little piece of poetry, a name suggesting grassy meadows and cool waters.
Louis to Keokuk (214 miles) in 16 hours and 20 minutes, the best time on record.
It was night, and we could not see details, for which we were sorry, for Keokuk has the reputation of being a beautiful city.
The first ship we located was Keokuk, a dual-turreted citadel ironclad that went down after being struck ninety-two times by Confederate cannon fire.
She has a mother in Keokuk who suffers from stomach trouble and who is interested in her daughter's welfare, and she uses one toothbrush at night and one in the morning.
The Tri-State Association wasn't a top league, but the Des Moines Hawks were one of the two or three best teams—and they were playing Keokuk, a doormat, tonight.
Des Moines has to be the favorite, but you've got to watch out for Keokuk because they're coming off a win against Waterloo, and.