Welcome to Cedar Rapids ...The city of Cedar Rapids is located in Linn County<1> and is the County Seat for Linn County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Rapids, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. When the people of Cedar Rapids refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Cedar Rapidian<2> A typical abbreviation for Cedar Rapids: Cedar Rpds. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Cedar Rapids has a population of 133,912 people<3> (see below for details). Cedar Rapids is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Cedar Rapids lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Cedar Rapids: 319 The ZIP codes for Cedar Rapids: 52401-52411, 52497-52499<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cedar Rapids had an population of 133,912 people. This is an increase of 6.01% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.89% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Cedar Rapids had a population of 126,326 people (or 59.67% of the total population of Linn County). This makes Cedar Rapids the county's most populous community. The population of Cedar Rapids represents 4.15% of the population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 126,326 people, the population of Cedar Rapids increased 4.61% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 120,758 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Cedar Rapids. Communities Also Named Cedar Rapids ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cedar Rapids - they are located in Nebraska and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Rapids. Websites for Cedar Rapids ...Official Website: www.cedar-rapids.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.cedarrapids.org/ Junior League: www.juniorleaguecr.org/ Communities near Cedar Rapids ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedar Rapids.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cedar Rapids. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Rapids. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cedar Rapids. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Rapids. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Rapids. Our list includes 40 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Cedar Rapids. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Rapids ...Looking for more information about Cedar Rapids? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Cedar Rapids, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cedar Rapids. Adding Cedar Rapids to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cedar Rapids in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cedar Rapids was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Rapids. Footnotes ...
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