Des Moines, Iowa (usa)

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa ranks 721st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Orléans, Cusco, and Poltava. Memorable people born in Des Moines, Iowa include Stanley B. Prusiner, Cloris Leachman, and Bill Bryson. Memorable people who died in Des Moines, Iowa include Gordon Tullock. Des Moines, Iowa has been the birth place of many musicians and athletes and the death place of many economists. Des Moines, Iowa is located in United States.

Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 214,133 as of the 2020 census. The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 81st in terms of population in the United States, with 709,466 residents according to the 2020 census by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state. Read more on Wikipedia