Here are some additional information about "Lincoln" facts in Iowa.

  1. Iowa has 43 counties with Lincoln townships.

    They include: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Clay, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Dallas, Emmet, Grundy, Hamilton, Harrison, Iowa, Johnson, Kossuth, Lucas,Lyon,Madison, Mahaska, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Page, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk,Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott,Shelby, Sioux, Story,Tama, Union, Warren, Winnebago, Winnesheik, Worth, Wright
  2. There is a Lincoln Hotel in Lowden, Iowa. It is tucked in the junction of Old Lincoln and Hoover highways. Built in 1915, the Lincoln originally hosted workers and travelers on the Pacific and Northwestern Railroads and the Old Lincoln Highway.
    The Lincoln Hotel was listed on June 28, 1996 in the National Register of Historic Places and is located in Cedar County, Iowa.
    http://www.lincolnhoteliowa.com/
  3. Lincoln is a town in Tama, County with a population of 182(2000
    Census)
  4. There is a Lincoln Café in Mount Vernon, Iowa
  5. Iowa Lincoln Highway Association in Ogden, Iowa has a web site at www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/ There is information about each county in Iowa that the Lincoln Highway crosses- Clinton,Cedar, Linn, Benton, Tama, Marshall, Story, Boone, Greene, Carroll,Crawford Harrison, Pottawattamie.
  6. Bridges - Tama-Toledo is located along the famous Lincoln Highway, and has the only original Lincoln Highway Bridge, located on 5th Street, just off Highway 30 in Tama.
  7. There is a Lincoln Highway Bridge across the Mississippi River between Fulton, IL and Clinton, IA on U.S. 30.
  8. There are Lincoln schools in the following towns:
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Albia
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Ames
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Boone
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Cedar Falls
    • Lincoln School - Cedar Rapids
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Centerville
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Charles City
    • Lincoln Elementary Fundamental School - Davenport
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Dubuque
    • Lincoln Community Schools - Estherville
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Fairfield
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Ft. Madison
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Iowa City
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Keokuk
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Lamoni
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Manchester
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Marion
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Mt. Pleasant
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Osage
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Oskaloosa
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Ottumwa\
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Pella
    • Lincoln Elementary School- Sioux City
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Spencer
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Washington
    • Lincoln Elementary School - Waterloo
    • Lincoln High School - Clinton
    • Lincoln High School - Council Bluffs
    • Lincoln High School - Des Moines
    • Lincoln Intermediate School - Vinton
    • Lincoln Junior High School - Belle Plaine
    • Lincoln High School - Zearing
    • Kirkwood Community College - Lincoln Learning Center - Cedar Rapids

Submitted by:
Pam Rees, Medical Librarian
State Library of Iowa
Miller Building
East 12th and Grand
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-242-5218
Fax: 515-281-3384
Email: pam.rees@lib.state.ia.us

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