Des Moines, Iowa (usa)

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa ranks 893rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Scarborough, Ontario, Frankfurt (Oder), and London Borough of Enfield. Memorable people born in Des Moines, Iowa include Stephen Collins, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Cloris Leachman. 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 is named after the Des Moines River, likely derived from the French "Rivière des Moines" meaning "River of the Monks." The city was incorporated in 1851 as Fort Des Moines and shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. Its population was 214,133 at the 2020 census, while the six-county Des Moines metropolitan area has an estimated 750,000 residents, the largest metropolitan area in Iowa. Read more on Wikipedia