Bedford

Bedford is a city in , , United States. The population was 1,508 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Lake of Three Fires State Park is located several miles northeast of Bedford.
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  • Type: Town with 1,510 residents
  • Description: town in Taylor County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: Bedford, IA” and “Bedford, Iowa
  • Postal code: 50833

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bedford Middle School and Lenox Round Barn.

School
Bedford High School is a rural high school located in Bedford, , United States. It is one of two high schools in . A majority of the student population comes from the towns of Bedford, , , , and while some students open enroll from neighboring districts in the area.

Building
The is a historic building that is part of the Taylor County Historical Museum in Bedford, Iowa, United States. The true round barn was built somewhere between 1905 and 1907.

Bedford

Latitude
40.66808° or 40° 40′ 5″ north
Longitude
-94.71996° or 94° 43′ 12″ west
Population
1,510
Elevation
1,129 feet (344 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US BD9
Open location code
86G7M79J+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151542540
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4848022
Wiki­data ID
Q1922592
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bedford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيدفورد
  • Basque: Bedford
  • Catalan: Bedford
  • Cebuano: Bedford (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Iowa)
  • Cebuano: Bedford
  • Chechen: Бедфорд
  • Chinese: Bedford
  • Chinese: 贝德福德
  • Czech: Bedford
  • Danish: Bedford
  • Dutch: Bedford
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيدفورد
  • French: Bedford
  • Georgian: ბედფორდი
  • German: Bedford
  • Gilaki: بدفؤرد
  • Greek: Μπέντφορντ
  • Haitian: Bedford, Iowa
  • Haitian: Bedford
  • Hungarian: Bedford
  • Ido: Bedford, Iowa
  • Ido: Bedford
  • Indonesian: Bedford, Iowa
  • Indonesian: Bedford
  • Irish: Bedford
  • Italian: Bedford
  • Japanese: ベッドフォード
  • Kazakh: Bédford
  • Kazakh: Бэдфорд
  • Kazakh: بەدفورد
  • Kirghiz: Бэдфорд
  • Ladin: Bedford
  • Malagasy: Bedford, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Bedford
  • Mazanderani: بدفورد (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: بدفورد
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bedford
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bedford
  • Norwegian: Bedford
  • Persian: بدفورد، آیووا
  • Persian: بدفورد
  • Polish: Bedford
  • Portuguese: Bedford
  • Russian: Бедфорд
  • Serbian: Bedford
  • Serbian: Бедфорд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bedford, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bedford
  • Slovak: Bedford
  • South Azerbaijani: بدفورد، آیووا
  • Spanish: Bedford
  • Swedish: Bedford, Iowa
  • Swedish: Bedford
  • Tatar: Бедфорд (Айова)
  • Tatar: Бедфорд
  • Ukrainian: Бедфорд
  • Urdu: بیڈفورڈ، آئیووا
  • Urdu: بیڈفورڈ
  • Uzbek: Bedford
  • Uzbek: Бедфорд
  • Vietnamese: Bedford, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Bedford
  • Volapük: Bedford
  • Waray (Philippines): Bedford, Iowa
  • Waray (Philippines): Bedford
  • Welsh: Bedford, Iowa
  • Welsh: Bedford

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Taylor County Courthouse and Bedford City Hall.

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