Dows

Dows is a city in and counties of the U.S. state of . The population was 521 at the time of the 2020 census. The town was incorporated on May 3, 1892.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 521 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Iowa, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Dows, IA” and “Dows, Iowa”
  • Postal code: 50071

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fillmore Block.

Building
Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , now known as the Dows Mercantile Store, is a historic building located in Dows, Iowa, . The Dows commercial district was destroyed in a fire in 1894.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Popejoy and Galt.

Hamlet
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is a city in , , United States. The population was 77 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 6 miles southeast of Dows.

Hamlet
is a city in , United States. The population was 26 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 6 miles northwest of Dows.

Dows

Latitude
42.65639° or 42° 39′ 23″ north
Longitude
-93.50093° or 93° 30′ 3″ west
Population
521
Elevation
1,152 feet (351 metres)
Open location code
86J8MF4X+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151333692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4854329
Wiki­data ID
Q1933602
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dows” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دوس”
  • Basque: “Dows”
  • Catalan: “Dows”
  • Cebuano: “Dows”
  • Chechen: “Даус”
  • Chinese: “Dows”
  • Chinese: “道斯”
  • Danish: “Dows”
  • Dutch: “Dows”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوس”
  • French: “Dows”
  • German: “Dows”
  • Gilaki: “داو (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “داو”
  • Haitian: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Dows”
  • Ido: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Dows”
  • Irish: “Dows”
  • Italian: “Dows”
  • Kazakh: “Dows”
  • Kazakh: “Доус”
  • Kazakh: “دوۋس”
  • Kirghiz: “Доус”
  • Ladin: “Dows”
  • Malagasy: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Dows”
  • Mazanderani: “داو (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “داو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dows”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dows”
  • Norwegian: “Dows”
  • Persian: “داو، آیووا”
  • Persian: “داو”
  • Polish: “Dows”
  • Portuguese: “Dows”
  • Serbian: “Dows”
  • Serbian: “Даус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dows”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داو، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Dows”
  • Tatar: “Даус”
  • Ukrainian: “Даус”
  • Urdu: “ڈاؤس، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ڈاؤس”
  • Uzbek: “Dows”
  • Uzbek: “Доwс”
  • Vietnamese: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Dows”
  • Volapük: “Dows”
  • Welsh: “Dows, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Dows”

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