Cedar River
The Cedar River is a 338-mile-long river in Minnesota and Iowa. It is a tributary of the Iowa River, which flows to the Mississippi River. The Cedar River takes its name from the red cedar trees growing there, and was originally called the Red Cedar River by the Meskwaki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Minnesota and Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “Cedar River Valley”, “Cedar Valley”, “Mesquawaquay River”, “Mosk-wah-wak-wah”, “Red Cedar”, and “Red Cedar River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fredonia and Columbus Junction.
Fredonia
Village
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Fredonia is a city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 222 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Columbus Junction
Village
Photo: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Columbus Junction is a city in Louisa County, Iowa. The population was 1,830 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Columbus City
Village
Columbus City is a city in western Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 392 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area. Columbus City is situated 2 miles southwest of Cedar River.
Cedar River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Louisa, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cedar River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Cedar”
- Catalan: “Cedar”
- Cebuano: “Cedar River”
- Chinese: “錫達河（愛荷華河支流）”
- Danish: “Cedar River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيدار”
- French: “Cedar”
- German: “Cedar River (Iowa River)”
- German: “Cedar River”
- Hungarian: “Cedar folyó”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cedar”
- Japanese: “シーダー川”
- Japanese: “レッド・シーダー川”
- Lithuanian: “Sidar Riveris”
- Lithuanian: “Sidaras”
- Mingrelian: “სიდარი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “სიდარი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cedar River”
- Norwegian: “Cedar River”
- Romanian: “Râul Cedar, Iowa”
- Romanian: “Râul Cedar”
- Russian: “Сидар (река)”
- Russian: “Сидар”
- Venetian: “Cedar”
- Welsh: “Afon Cedar”
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