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  1. Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [5] Its population was 62,799 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's tenth most populous city, [6] 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 ...

  2. Council Bluffs, Iowa. 49 languages. ... Council Bluffs is a city in southwest Iowa in the United States, near Omaha, Nebraska. Population ...

    Year
    Pop.
    ±%
    62,799
    +0.9%
    62,230
    +6.8%
    58,268
    +7.3%
    54,315
    −3.8%
  3. In 1870, Iowa School for the Deaf opened its doors in Council Bluffs. The first Council Bluffs fire department was formed in 1883. In 1883, Joseph Lemen founded The Christian Home (Children's Square USA.) In 1886 Council Bluffs became the second city in the US to have electric trolleys. In 1887, the Sisters of Mercy founded St. Bernard's ...

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  5. The history of Council Bluffs glitters with a parade of famous western explorers, fur traders, military figures, engineers, and great Indian nations. Abraham Lincoln had the foresight to realize Council Bluffs should be the eastern terminus of the transcontinental railroad. Known as the Gateway of the American West, Council Bluffs has a proud ...

  6. The Beginnings of Council Bluffs. Several tribes of Native Americans inhabited the Council Bluffs area prior to the arrival of the Potawatomi tribe in 1837. In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark, on their expedition to the Pacific Northwest, held a “council” with the members of the Otoe tribe in the area of Fort Calhoun, NE ...

  7. railroad. Known as the Gateway of the American West, Council Bluffs has a proud and rich history. Numerous Indian tribes shared hunting rights in the Council Bluffs area and made great contributions to its history. All of Southwest Iowa was purchased in 1830 by the United States government from the Indians. Between 1847 and 1856,

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