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Adel Growing with Pride     http://adeliowa.org/
Alta   a nice place to call home http://www.altaiowa.com/
Alton A Town on the Right Track http://www.altoniowa.org/
Altoona   A Place to Call Home http://www.altoona-iowa.com/
Anamosa   Pumpkin Capital of Iowa http://www.anamosachamber.com/
Anita   Whale of a Town, A http://www.netins.net/ricweb/community/anita/anita.htm
Arlington Where hills and prairie meet http://www.arlingtonia.com/ Updated 8/8/2005
Ashton Growing Together: City and Country http://www.osceolacountyia.com/ashton/index.htm Updated   2/4/2007
Atlantic   Coca Cola Capital of Iowa http://www.atlanticiowa.com/
Aurora A Small Town With a Big Heart http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Aurora/home.htm Updated 11/6/2005
Baxter   A Little town with a Big Future http://www.baxter-iowa.com/
Bellevue   You'll be delighted   http://www.bellevueia.com/
Belmond Belmond Pride … A Community Legacy http://www.kalnet.com/~bacoc/
Birmingham Gateway to Scenic Van Buren County http://showcase.netins.net/web/djnsweb/bham/ Updated  11/8/2005
Blairstown Protecting the Past, Building For The Future http://www.bentoncountyiowa.com/towns/blairstown.html Updated 7/3/2007
Blue Grass A Great Place to Call Home Since 1853 http://bluegrassia.org/ 7/17/2007
Bondurant on the move http://www.cityofbondurant.com/ Updated 7/17/2007
Boone City With Pride, The http://www.booneiowa.homestead.com/ Updated 7/17/2007
Boyden the right choice http://boydeniowa.net/ Updated       1/19/2006
Brooklyn Community of Flags http://www.brooklyniowa.com/ Updated  7/26/2007
Calmar Crossroads of Northeast Iowa http://www.calmaria.com/   6/23/2004
Carlisle Natural Choice, The http://www.carlisle-ia.gov/index.htm Updated 4/19/2005
Cascade Place We Call Home, The http://www.cascadeiowa.org/  4/19/2005
Cedar Falls Our Citizens Are Our Business http://www.cedarfalls.com/ 8/4/2007
Centerville Full of Surprises http://www.centerville-ia.com/ Updated   8/8/2005
Charles City America's Hometown http://www.charlescity.govoffice.com/   8/8/2005
Churdan Town and Country Pride, Working Side by Side http://www.churdan.com/ Updated       11/6/2005
Clinton Gateway to Opportunity http://www.ci.clinton.ia.us/ Updated  3/12/2004
Colesburg Gateway to the Beautiful Hill Country http://www.greathoney.com/Colesburg/colesburg.html Updated 5/16/2006
Conrad Central Iowa's City of Choice http://www.conrad.govoffice.com/ 5/28/2004
Council Bluffs Iowa's Leading Edge http://www.councilbluffsiowa.com/home.htm 6/23/2004
Cresco Iowa's Year 'Round Playground http://www.crescoia.com/   6/23/2004
Dallas Center A Proud Heritage…A Promising Future http://www.dallascenter.com/ Updated 7/22/2006
Danbury Gem City of Northwest Iowa http://www.danbury-ia.com/~cityhall/   4/1/2006
Delhi One Smile Wide, Filled With Pride http://www.delawarecountyia.com/delhi.htm Updated  4/20/2005
Denver Cleanest Little City In Iowa http://www.cityofdenveriowa.com/ 1/20/2006
Des Moines Iowa's Capital City http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/ Updated 1/20/2006
De Witt Crossroads to Opportunity http://www.dewitt.org/
Diagonal A Great Place to Love http://www.ringgoldcountyiowa.com/diagnow.html Updated 7/22/2006
Drakesville Biggest Little Town in Iowa, The http://www.drakesville.com/   11/8/2005
Dubuque Home of America's River http://www.dubuquechamber.com/   11/8/2005
Eldridge Hometown With A Vision http://www.eldridge.org/ Updated 6/23/2004
Emmetsburg Home of Five Island Lake http://www.emmetsburg.com/main/index.htm Updated   11/16/2006
Evansdale City of Good Neighbors, A http://evansdale.govoffice.com/ 12/21/2006
Everly Proud of our Past/Faith in our Future http://www.everlyiowa.com/ 12/21/2006
Fairbank Home of the Island on the Wapsie http://www.fairbank-ia.org/ 12/21/2006
Farmington Van Buren County's Oldest Village http://www.farmingtoniowa.com/ Updated  11/8/2005
Floyd Where the sun always shines on Kids http://www.floydcoia.org/features/floyd.asp Updated   /9/2005
Fonda Hometown with a heart http://www.fondaiowa.com/ Updated  8/9/2005
Galt The town too tough to die http://www.wrightcounty.org/galt.htm 4/21/2005
Galva Friendly Town, The http://members.aol.com/galvaiowa/index.html  4/21/2005
George Growing Bigger by Serving Better http://www.george-iowa.com/ 5/28/2004
Gilmore City Iowa's Limestone Capital http://www.gilmorecityiowa.com/   1/21/2006
Greenfield There's Nothing Like It http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/ Updated  4/30/2007
Grinnell Jewel of the Prairie http://www.grinnelliowa.gov/ Updated 6/23/2004
Grundy Center Good Life, The http://www.grundycenter.com/ Updated   6/23/2004
Harlan City of Trees http://www.cityofharlan.com/ Updated 7/3/2007
Harris Home of the Mini Grotto http://www.osceolacountyia.com/harris/index.htm Updated 7/3/2007
Hartley City with a Heart, The http://www.hartleyiowa.com/ Updated 2/12/2004
Hedrick Where Friends Meet http://www.hedrickiowa.com/hindex.html   7/11/2007
Hiawatha I-380 Corridor Crown http://www.hiawatha-iowa.com/ Updated 8/10/2005
Ida Grove Your Gateway to Royal Treatment http://www.idagrovechamber.com/    4/23/2005
Independence America's Fame Is In Our Name http://www.independenceia.com/about.html Updated 4/23/2005
Inwood city of friendly people, The http://inwoodiowa.com/ Updated  4/23/2005
Jesup Right Place, The http://www.jesupiowa.com/ Updated 4/2/2006
Kingsley Some Bigger, None Better http://www.geocities.com/kingsleyia/ 1/22/2006
Lake Mills   Let Our Town be Your Town http://www.lkmills.com/
Lake View Home of Beautiful Black Hawk Lake http://www.lakeview-ia.com/ Updated 10/14/2006
Larrabee Where Town and Country Unite http://www.netins.net/ricweb/community/larrabee/larrabee.htm Updated 7/26/2007
Latimer Iowa's Northern Star http://www.latimer-iowa.com/ Updated 7/26/2007
Laurens Busiest Little Town in Iowa http://www.laurens-ia.com/ Updated 7/26/2007
Le Claire A Past With a Future http://www.leclaireiowa.org/ Updated 5/28/2004
Le Mars Ice Cream Capital of the World http://www.lemarsiowa.com/ 5/28/2004
Lenox Pearl of the Prairie http://www.lenoxareachamber.com/ Updated 8/11/2005
Lohrville http://www.lohrville.org/     11/23/2004
Lone Rock Neatest Little Town in Iowa, The http://www.lonerockiowa.com/ 7/30/2007
Long Grove http://longgroveia.org/   11/23/2004
Lorimor Where the waters of the Mississippi & Missouri Divide http://www.lorimor.net/ Updated   11/23/2004
Lost Nation http://www.lostnationiowa.org/    11/23/2004

Lowden Preserving Our Past, Pursuing Our Future http://www.cityoflowden.org/

Updated 11/23/2004
Lu Verne http://www.ncn.net/~luverne/    11/23/2004
Lynnville A Great Place to Live http://www.lynnville.net/ Updated  12/1/2006
Mallard Home of the friendly ducks http://www.mallardiowa.com/   4/24/2005
Manchester Making it Happen http://www.manchester-ia.org/ Updated 11/16/2006
Manilla The town people pull for http://manillaia.com/ Updated  7/30/2007
Manning A City Where Past, Present & Future Meet http://www.manningia.com/ Updated 8/4/2007
Mapleton Rural Beauty with a Touch of Class http://www.mapleton.com/    8/4/2007
Marengo our town, make it yours http://www.marengoiowa.com/ Updated 2/4/2007
Marne From a Proud Past to a Promising Future http://www.marneiowa.com/ Updated 12/21/2006
Mason City River City http://www.masoncity.net/ Updated 6/24/2004
Massena Home of Friendly People http://www.massenaiowa.com/ Updated 2/4/2007
Mechanicsville Heaven Amongst the Cedars http://www.cityofmechanicsville.net/ Updated 1/23/2006

Melrose Iowa's Little Ireland http://www.melroseiowa.com/ Updated 1/23/2006
Melvin biggest little city in Iowa, The http://www.osceolacountyia.com/melvin/index.htm Updated 1/23/2006
Meriden City That Cares and Shares, The http://www.netins.net/ricweb/community/meriden/meriden.htm Updated 6/14/2006
Miles A place to call home http://www.milesiowa.org/ Updated 6/14/2006
Monona garden city of Iowa http://www.mononaiowa.org/ Updated 8/11/2005
Montezuma We've got something for everyone http://www.montezuma.org/ 8/11/2005
Mount Vernon http://www.cityofmtvernon.com/    11/26/2004
Moville http://www.netins.net/ricweb/community/moville/moville.htm  11/26/2004
Muscatine Pearl of the Mississippi http://www.meetmuscatine.com/   3/12/2004
Nashua http://nashua-iowa.com/         11/26/2004
New Hampton City of Expanding Horizons http://www.ci.new-hampton.ia.us/ 4/24/2005
New Virginia Home of the 1st 4-Wheel Drive http://www.newvirginia.com/   6/24/2004
Nemaha A Mighty Small Town http://www.geocities.com/nemaha2/ 11/26/2004
Nevada Heartland, Heritage and Horizons http://www.nevadaiowa.org/ 11/26/2004
Newell A great place to grow http://www.ncn.net/~newellch/ Updated 6/24/2004
Northwood Top of Iowa http://www.northwoodia.org/ Updated 5/17/2006
Norwalk Community of Cares, The http://www.ci.norwalk.ia.us/ Updated 5/17/2006
Ocheyedan Home of the Mound http://www.osceolacountyia.com/ocheyedan/ 9/5/2007
Ogden Our Town, Make it Yours http://www.ogdeniowa.net/ Updated 4/30/2007
Odebolt Rich History, Proud Community http://www.odebolt.net/ Updated 9/5/2007
Onawa Widest Main Street in the USA http://www.onawa.com/index1.htm Updated 4/18/2004
Ottumwa City of Bridges http://www.ci.ottumwa.ia.us/ Updated 1/24/2006
Oxford Junction at the Junction of Opportunity http://showcase.netins.net/web/cityofoxfordjunction/index.html Updated  1/24/2006
Panora Home of Lake Panorama and Panorama Days http://www.panora.org/index.html Updated       2/12/2004
Pella   A Touch of Holland in Iowa http://www.pella.org/
Plainfield heart of a rural community, the http://www.butler-bremer.com/web/plainfieldia/ Updated       6/25/2004
Pleasant Hill Where the City Meets the Country http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ia.us/ Updated       6/25/2004
Pocahontas Princess City, The http://www.pocahontasiowa.com/   6/25/2004
Postville Hometown to the World http://www.cityofpostville.com/ Updated 7/3/2007
Prairie City http://www.prairiecityiowa.us/           11/26/2004
Preston Crowded with Good Friends http://www.prestoniowa.org/   11/26/2004
Princeton On the Mississippi http://www.princetoniowa.us/ Updated 7/3/2007
Quasqueton Friendliest Town by A Dam Site, The http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Quas/home.htm Updated   4/25/2005
Red Oak A Shade Better http://www.redoakiowa.com/ Updated   2/6/2004
Remsen Oktoberfest City http://remseniowa.net/ Updated 7/11/2007
Rockwell City Golden Buckle on the Cornbelt, The http://www.rockwellcity.com/welcome.html Updated 11/16/2006
Roland Honoring the Past Embracing the Future http://www.cityofroland.org/ Updated      6/14/2006
Rowley Iowa's Best Kept Secret http://www.buchanancounty.com/rowley.htm Updated 1/25/2006
Sac City Where America Calls Home http://www.saccity.org/ 6/26/2004
Sanborn Big City Conveniences in a Safe, Quiet, SmallTown Lifestyle http://www.sanborniowa.com/ Updated 11/26/200

Sergeant Bluff http://www.cityofsergeantbluff.com/   11/26/2004
Sheldon Booming & Building http://www.sheldoniowa.com/ Updated 8/11/2005
Shell Rock Opportunities around every bend http://showcase.netins.net/web/shellrockia/ Updated 8/11/2005
Shellsburg A Bridge To The Future http://www.shellsburg.com/ Updated  8/12/2005
Solon A Place to Put Down Roots http://www.solon-iowa.com/ 4/18/2004
Stacyville where community life is important http://www.stacyville.com/ 12/22/2006
Stanhope A Slice of the Good Life http://www.stanhopeia.com/ Updated 12/22/2006
State Center Iowa's Rose Capital http://www.statecenteriowa.org/ Updated 7/17/2007
Storm Lake City Beautiful, The http://www.stormlake.org/ Updated    6/26/2004
Stratford The Place To Be http://www.stratfordiowa.com/ Updated 7/17/2007
Strawberry Point Home of the World's Largest Strawberry http://www.strawberrypt.com/ Updated 6/26/2004
Sumner City With A Future, The http://www.mysumneriowa.com/ Updated  3/19/2007
Titonka Proud of our Heritage, Committed to our Future http://www.titonka.com/ Updated 8/11/2007
Toledo Remembering Our Past, Looking Toward the Future http://www.toledo-iowa.com/ Updated 8/11/2007
Treynor Home of the Cardinals http://www.cityoftreynor.com/ Updated 7/24/2006
University Heights Height of Good Living, The http://www.university-heights.org/ Updated       4/26/2005
Wahpeton Our Home on Little Miller Bay http://www.wahpetonia.govoffice.com/ Updated       6/26/2004
Walcott Hearts & Hands Working together http://www.ofwalcott.com/ Updated 3/12/2004
Walnut A Town that Measures in Yesterdays Treasures http://www.walnutiowa.com/ Updated       6/26/2004
Waterloo Big City Excitement …Hometown Hospitality http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/waterloo/ 3/12/2004
Waukee Key to Good Living, The http://www.waukee.org/ Updated   2/5/2007
Wayland A Great Place to Live & Grow http://www.waylandiowa.com/   2/5/2007
Wellman A town that cares http://www.cityofwellman.com/ Updated 7/30/2007
Wesley Quality Life in the Heartland http://www.wesleyiowa.com/ Updated 7/30/2007
West Bend Home of the Grotto of the Redemption http://www.westbendiowa.com/ Updated 7/30/2007
Westfield Gateway to the Northern Loess Hills http://www.acsnet.com/westfield/ Updated   11/8/2005
Westphalia Where the World Is At Its Best http://www.developsource.com/Communities/westphalia.asp Updated       11/8/2005
Whittemore http://www.whittemoreiowa.com/            11/29/2004