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Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs, Iowa
City
Haymarket Historic District (2015)
Haymarket Historic District (2015)
Motto: 
"Iowa's Spirit"[1]
Location of Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Location of Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°14′12.64″N 95°51′6.75″W / 41.2368444°N 95.8518750°W / 41.2368444; -95.8518750
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyPottawattamie
IncorporatedJanuary 19, 1853
Government
[2]
 • MayorMatt Walsh
 • City CouncilChris Peterson
Roger Sandau
Joe Disalvo
Jill Shudak
Steve Gorman
Area
[3]
 • City45.672 sq mi (118.290 km2)
 • Land42.963 sq mi (111.275 km2)
 • Water2.709 sq mi (7.016 km2)
Elevation
[5]
978 ft (298 m)
Population
 (2020)[6]
 • City62,799
 • Estimate 
(2023)[7]
62,399
 • RankUS: 619th
IA: 10th
 • Density1,452.46/sq mi (560.79/km2)
 • Urban
819,508 (US: 55th)[4]
 • Metro
983,969 (US: 56th)
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
51501, 51502, 51503
Area code712
FIPS code19-16860
GNIS feature ID2393650[5]
Sales tax7.0%[8]
Websitecouncilbluffs-ia.gov
Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska
Courthouse, Council Bluffs, Iowa 1915
Courthouse, 1915

Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.[9] The population was 62,799 at the 2020 census,[6] making it the state's tenth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa. The Omaha metropolitan region of which Council Bluffs is a part, is the 58th largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 983,969 (2023). It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from Omaha, Nebraska. Until about 1853 Council Bluffs was known as Kanesville.[10] Kanesville was the historic starting point of the Mormon Trail. Kanesville is also the northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trails because there was a steam-powered boat which ferried the settlers' wagons and cattle across the Missouri River.[10] In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad to California was connected to the existing U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs.

  1. ^ "City of Council Bluffs, Iowa". City of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "City Council". City of Council Bluffs, Iowa. October 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Council Bluffs, Iowa
  6. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Council Bluffs (IA) sales tax rate". Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  9. ^ Pottawattamie County, Iowa Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Pottawattamie County, 2007. Accessed September 5, 2007.
  10. ^ a b Beeson, Welborn (1993). Webber, Bert (ed.). The Oregon & Applegate Trail Diary of Welborn Beeson in 1853 (Second ed.). Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group. p. 80. ISBN 0-936738-21-9. April 21, 1853 Thursday. We traveled 18 miles came to camp ½ mile east of Kanesville by four oclock

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