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Polk County
Populated Place
Des Moines
Des Moines
Populated Place
Polk County · Iowa
Description
Capital of State of Iowa.
History
Founded in 1846 and incorporated in 1851.
Nearby Features
Boatman Island
Island · 0.6 mi NNW
Raccoon River
Stream · 1.5 mi S
Dean Lake
Lake · 1.8 mi ESE
Easton Place
Populated Place · 2.3 mi ENE
Grays Lake
Lake · 2.6 mi SW
Saylor Creek
Stream · 3.1 mi NNW
Canary Lake (historical)
Lake · 3.2 mi N
Case Lake
Lake · 3.3 mi SE
Norwood Branch
Stream · 3.4 mi ENE
Country Estate Village
Populated Place · 3.4 mi ENE
Data Sources & Attribution
Feature data:
U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
– U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation:
USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS)
.
Topographic basemap:
USGS National Map
.
Quad map thumbnails:
USGS US Topo
.
Watershed boundaries:
USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)
.
Protected areas:
USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
– Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown):
Wikidata
/
Wikimedia Commons
– individual licenses apply.
Printed map ordering:
MyTopo Map Store
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