From Ackley to Zwingle

The Origins of Iowa Place Names

• Author(s): Harold E. Dilts,
• Publisher: Iowa State University Press
• Pages: 235
• ISBN_10: 0813808375
  ISBN_13: 9780813808376
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology , Travel / General , Travel / United States / Midwest / General ,

Description:... The towns of Iowa have been named for railroad magnates and saloon owners, poets and politicians, bulls and dogs, rivers and trees--and almost anything else that someone could dream up. This fascinating collection gives an account of the colorful, often humorous, and sometimes bizarre origins of over 1,200 Iowa place names.