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Welcome to Waterloo ...The city of Waterloo is located in Black Hawk County<1> and is the County Seat for Black Hawk County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterloo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. When the people of Waterloo refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Waterlooan<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Waterloo has a population of 67,401 people<3> (see below for details). Waterloo is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Waterloo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Waterloo is within the (319) area code. The ZIP codes for Waterloo: 50701-50704, 50706, 50799<5> Websites for Waterloo ...Chamber of Commerce: www.waterloochamber.org/ Junior League: www.jlwcf.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Waterloo had an population of 67,401 people. This is a decrease of 1.47% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.96% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Waterloo had a population of 68,406 people (or 52.15% of the total population of Black Hawk County). This makes Waterloo the county's most populous community. The population of Waterloo represents 2.25% of the population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 5th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 68,406 people, the population of Waterloo has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 68,747 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Waterloo. Communities Also Named Waterloo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 58 communities that are also named Waterloo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (3), Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (5), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waterloo. Communities near Waterloo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waterloo.
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 Waterloo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waterloo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waterloo. 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 Waterloo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waterloo. Our list includes 26 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Waterloo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterloo ...Looking for more information about Waterloo? 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 Waterloo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Waterloo. Adding Waterloo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Waterloo 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 Waterloo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Waterloo in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865). For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterloo. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waterloo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Black Hawk County: www.co.black-hawk.ia.us/ The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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