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Iowa City is Iowa’s fifth largest city, is home to the University of Iowa and has been listed as one of America’s “Best Places to Live.”
Iowa City is a community of around 70,000 people that love their city, their community and the Hawkeyes, and is the fifth largest city in Iowa. The city offers a lot professional and recreational activities for young adults, married couples, families with young children and the senior population.
Iowa City has been voted “Best Place to Live” and has been recognized by many national publications and has been recognized on more than 40 different lists. Several of the top highlights include:
Iowa City was established in January of 1839 as a small Iowa settlement. There was a meeting between the two commissioners of a small settlement just south of town to select a new capital city for Iowa. They decided that the land would be perfect for the capital city and it was deemed the territorial capital city in June of 1839. It became the official capital city in 1841 after construction had begun on the capital building. It remained the capital of Iowa until 1857 when the capital was moved to Des Moines.
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