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Place Name
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Anamosa
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Jones County
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Population
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5,100 (1990)
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Location
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Jones County, Iowa (IA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°06'N
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Longitude
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91°16'W
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Anamosa
, city (1990 pop. 5,100),  Jones co., E Iowa, on
Wapsipinicon R., at mouth of Buffalo Creek,
21 mi/34 km ENE of Cedar Rapids; 42°06'N
91°16'W. Mfg. (apparel, bldg. materials, electronic equip.); agr.
(packed poultry and eggs, dairy prods.). Limestone quarries nearby.
Wapsipinicon State Park just S. Has state reformatory for men; mfg. at
reformatory. Grant Wood b. near Anamosa. Extensive river and field
flooding in 1993. First named Dartmouth, then Lexington; inc.
1856.
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