West Branch
West Branch is a city in Cedar and Johnson counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,509 as of the 2020 census. It is the birthplace of the only American president born in Iowa, Herbert Hoover.
- Type: Town with 2,510 residents
- Description: city in Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “West Branch (Iowa)”, “West Branch, IA”, “West Branch, Iowa”, “Wест Бранч”, “Ўэст-Бранч”, and “ويست برانش (آيوا)”
- Postal code: 52358
Places of Interest
Highlights: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum and Gruwell and Crew General Store.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Museum
Photo: Shadow2700, Public domain.Gruwell and Crew General Store
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oasis and Downey.
Oasis
Hamlet
Oasis is an unincorporated community located in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. Oasis is situated 3 miles northwest of West Branch.
Downey
Hamlet
Springdale
Hamlet
West Branch
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Springdale Township, Cedar, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.67207° or 41° 40′ 20″ north
Longitude
-91.34597° or 91° 20′ 46″ west
Population
2,510
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US IWB
Open location code
86HCMMC3+RJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Branch” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست برانش”
- Basque: “West Branch”
- Belarusian: “Ўэст Бранч”
- Belarusian: “Уэст-Бранч”
- Catalan: “West Branch”
- Cebuano: “West Branch”
- Chechen: “Вест-Бранч”
- Chinese: “西布兰奇”
- Chinese: “西布蘭奇”
- Chinese: “西布蘭治”
- Danish: “West Branch”
- Dutch: “West Branch”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت برانش”
- French: “West Branch”
- Galician: “West Branch”
- German: “West Branch”
- Gilaki: “وست برنچ (آیؤوا)”
- Gilaki: “وست برنچ”
- Greek: “Ουέστ Μπράντς”
- Haitian: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Haitian: “West Branch”
- Hebrew: “וסט בראנץ‘”
- Hungarian: “West Branch”
- Ido: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Ido: “West Branch”
- Indonesian: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Indonesian: “West Branch”
- Irish: “West Branch”
- Italian: “West Branch”
- Japanese: “ウェストブランチ”
- Kazakh: “Vést Branç”
- Kazakh: “Вэст Бранч”
- Kazakh: “ۆەست برانتش”
- Kirghiz: “Вэст Бранч”
- Ladin: “West Branch”
- Mazanderani: “وست برنچ (آیووا)”
- Mazanderani: “وست برنچ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Branch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Branch”
- Norwegian: “West Branch”
- Persian: “وست برنچ، آیووا”
- Persian: “وست برنچ”
- Polish: “West Branch”
- Portuguese: “West Branch”
- Russian: “Уэст-Бранч”
- Serbian: “West Branch”
- Serbian: “Вест Бранч”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Branch”
- Slovenian: “West Branch”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست برنچ، آیووا”
- Spanish: “West Branch”
- Swedish: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Swedish: “West Branch”
- Tagalog: “West Branch”
- Tatar: “Вест-Бранч”
- Tatar: “Вест-Брәнч”
- Turkish: “West Branch”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Бранч”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ برانچ، آئیووا”
- Uzbek: “West Branch”
- Vietnamese: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “West Branch”
- Volapük: “West Branch”
- Welsh: “West Branch, Iowa”
- Welsh: “West Branch”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Elmira and Cedar Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: West Branch Methodist Church and Friends Church.
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