Iowa River
The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States. It is about 323 miles long and is open to small river craft to Iowa City, about 65 miles from its mouth. Its major tributary is the Cedar River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Mississippi River in Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “Basse Iaway”, “Iowa”, “Kiwashokue”, “Lower Iaway River”, and “Riviere Iowa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve.
Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve
Nature reserve
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The Toolesboro Mound Group, a National Historic Landmark, is a group of Havana Hopewell culture earthworks on the north bank of the Iowa River near its discharge into the Mississippi. Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve is situated 2½ miles southwest of Iowa River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Boston and Toolesboro.
New Boston
Village
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New Boston is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, United States on the Mississippi River. The population was 613 at the 2020 census, down from 683 in 2010. New Boston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Iowa River.
Toolesboro
Hamlet
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Toolesboro is an unincorporated community in southeastern Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The community is on Iowa Route X99 approximately seven miles southeast of Wapello and the Iowa River passes just to the east. Toolesboro is situated 2½ miles southwest of Iowa River.
Oakville
Village
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Oakville is a city in southeastern Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 200 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area. Oakville is situated 4½ miles south of Iowa River.
Iowa 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 Arabic to Venetian—“Iowa River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر آيوا”
- Armenian: “Այովա (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Այովա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Iowa”
- Bengali: “আইওয়া নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Айова”
- Catalan: “Iowa”
- Catalan: “Riu Iowa”
- Cebuano: “Iowa River”
- Chinese: “愛荷華河”
- Danish: “Iowa River”
- Dutch: “Iowa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ايوا”
- French: “Iowa”
- French: “rivière Iowa”
- German: “Iowa River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Άιοβα”
- Hungarian: “Iowa”
- Irish: “Iowa”
- Italian: “Iowa”
- Japanese: “アイオワ”
- Lithuanian: “Ajova”
- Mingrelian: “აიოვა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “აიოვა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iowa River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iowa”
- Norwegian: “Iowa”
- Persian: “رودخانه آیووا”
- Polish: “Iowa River”
- Polish: “Iowa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Iowa”
- Romanian: “Râul Iowa”
- Russian: “Айова (река)”
- Russian: “Айова, река в Соединенных Штатах”
- Russian: “Айова”
- Spanish: “Rio Iowa”
- Spanish: “río Iowa”
- Spanish: “Río Iowa”
- Venetian: “Iowa”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lake Odessa Public Hunting Area and Arpee.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brass Island and Ferry Landing Recreation Area.
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