Rock Rapids
Rock Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,611 in the 2020 census, an increase from 2,573 in the 2000 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,610 residents
- Description: city in Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “Rock Rapids, IA” and “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Postal code: 51246
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lyon County Courthouse and Rock Rapids United Methodist Church.
Lyon County Courthouse
Courthouse
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The Lyon County Courthouse is located in Rock Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The courthouse is the second building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
Rock Rapids United Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Vwester, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rock Rapids United Methodist Church, formerly known as First Methodist Church, is located in Rock Rapids, Iowa, United States. The church building is significant for the use of blue-gray and red granite used in its construction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edna.
Edna
Hamlet
Photo: ChadKnoblock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edna is an unincorporated town in Liberal Township, Lyon County, Iowa, United States. Edna is located on the western border of Liberal Township in Lyon County. Edna is situated 5 miles southeast of Rock Rapids.
Rock Rapids
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Rock Township, Lyon, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.43032° or 43° 25′ 49″ northLongitude
-96.16748° or 96° 10′ 3″ westPopulation
2,610Elevation
1,388 feet (423 metres)United Nations Location Code
US RZROpen location code
86M5CRJM+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 151464050OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rock Rapids” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روك رابيدز (آيوا)”
- Arabic: “روك رابيدز”
- Basque: “Rock Rapids”
- Catalan: “Rock Rapids”
- Cebuano: “Rock Rapids”
- Chechen: “Рок-Рапидс”
- Chinese: “Rock Rapids”
- Chinese: “罗克拉皮兹”
- Danish: “Rock Rapids”
- Dutch: “Rock Rapids”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روك رابيدز”
- French: “Rock Rapids”
- German: “Rock Rapids”
- Gilaki: “راک رپيدز (آیؤوا)”
- Gilaki: “راک رپيدز”
- Greek: “Ροκ Ράπιντς”
- Haitian: “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Haitian: “Rock Rapids”
- Hungarian: “Rock Rapids”
- Ido: “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Ido: “Rock Rapids”
- Irish: “Rock Rapids”
- Italian: “Rock Rapids”
- Japanese: “ロック・ラピッズ”
- Kazakh: “Rok Rapïds”
- Kazakh: “Рок Рапидс”
- Kazakh: “روك راپىيدس”
- Kirghiz: “Рок Рапидс”
- Ladin: “Rock Rapids”
- Mazanderani: “راک رپید (آیووا)”
- Mazanderani: “راک رپید”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rock Rapids”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock Rapids”
- Persian: “راک رپید، آیووا”
- Persian: “راک رپید”
- Polish: “Rock Rapids”
- Portuguese: “Rock Rapids”
- Russian: “Рок-Рапидс (Айова)”
- Russian: “Рок-Рапидс”
- Serbian: “Rock Rapids”
- Serbian: “Рок Рапидс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Rapids”
- South Azerbaijani: “راک رپید، آیووا”
- Spanish: “Rock Rapids (Iowa)”
- Spanish: “Rock Rapids”
- Swedish: “Rock Rapids”
- Tatar: “Рок-Рапидс”
- Ukrainian: “Рок-Рапідс”
- Urdu: “راک ریپڈس، آئیووا”
- Urdu: “راک ریپڈس”
- Uzbek: “Rock Rapids”
- Uzbek: “Роcк Рапидс”
- Vietnamese: “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Rock Rapids”
- Volapük: “Rock Rapids”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rock Rapids”
- Welsh: “Rock Rapids, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Rock Rapids”
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