Independence Mental Health Institute
The Independence State Hospital was built in 1873 as the second asylum in the state of Iowa. It is located in Independence, Iowa. The original plan for patients was to relieve crowding from the hospital at Mount Pleasant and to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hospital
- Description: hospital in Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “Independence State Hospital”
- Address: 2277 Iowa Avenue, Independence, 50644
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Independence and Otterville.
Independence
Independence is a city in, and the county seat of, Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,064 at the 2020 census.
Otterville
Hamlet
Otterville is a small unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States, northwest of Independence. Otterville is situated 4 miles north of Independence Mental Health Institute.
Independence Mental Health Institute
- Categories: psychiatric hospital and health care
- Location: Sumner Township, Buchanan, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.45632° or 42° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
-91.92557° or 91° 55′ 32″ westElevation
974 feet (297 metres)Open location code
86JCF34F+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 473166822OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=hospitalOpenStreetMap feature
healthcare=hospitalGeoNames ID
4861630Wikidata ID
Q14689061
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Independence Mental Health Institute” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Independence State Hospital”
- French: “Independence State Hospital”
- German: “Independence State Hospital”
- Italian: “Independence State Hospital”
- Spanish: “Independence State Hospital”
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