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Welcome to Des Moines ...The city of Des Moines is primarily located in Polk County<1>. It is the County Seat and the capital of Iowa. A portion of Des Moines extends into Warren County. Des Moines was established in 1843. When the people of Des Moines refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Des Moinesite<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Des Moines has a population of 214,877 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Des Moines is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Des Moines lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Des Moines: (515) The ZIP codes for Des Moines: 50301-50321, 50328-50336, 50338-50340, 50347, 50350, 50359-50364, 50367-50369, 50380-50381, 50391-50397, 50936, 50940, 50947, 50950, 50980-50981<5> The Pronunciation of Des Moines ..We have heard more than one pronunciation for Des Moines:<6> de-MOYN de-MOYNZ DUH-moin Websites for Des Moines ...Official Website: www.dmgov.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.desmoinesmetro.com/ Junior League: www.jldesmoines.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Des Moines had an population of 214,877 people. This is an increase of 5.63% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.15% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Des Moines had a population of 203,433 people (which is 47.05% of the total population of Polk County). This makes Des Moines the county's most populous community. The population of Des Moines represents 6.68% of the population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 203,433 people, the population of Des Moines increased 2.39% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 198,682 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Des Moines. Communities Also Named Des Moines ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Des Moines - they are located in California, New Mexico (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Des Moines. Communities near Des Moines ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Des Moines.
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 Des Moines. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Des Moines. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Des Moines. 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 Des Moines. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Des Moines. Our list includes 169 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Des Moines. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Des Moines ...Looking for more information about Des Moines? 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 Des Moines, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Des Moines. Adding Des Moines to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Des Moines 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 for Des Moines was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Des Moines in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865). For more details, see References and Mentions for Des Moines. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Des Moines: www.dmgov.org/ The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.ia.us/ The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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