List of Iowa placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Iowa whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Listings State Iowa – from Lakota ayúhwa, via French Aiouez.2001. "Plains", ed. Raymond J. DeMallie. Vol. 13 of "Handbook of North American Indians", ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 445

Counties

Allamakee County Appanoose County Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people. City of Cherokee Chickasaw County – named after the Chickasaw people. Keokuk County – named after the Sauk chief Keokuk. City of Keokuk Mahaska County Muscatine County Osceola County – named after the Seminole leader Osceola City of Osceola Pocahontas County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Sac County – named after the Sac/Sauk and Fox people. City of Sac City, Iowa Sioux County – named after the Sioux nation. Sioux City City of Little Sioux, Iowa Big Sioux River Little Sioux River Tama County Wapello County – named after Wapello, a Meskwaki chief Winnebago County Winnebago River Winneshiek County

Communities

Iowa City Iowa River Upper Iowa River Algona Anamosa – named after the legend of a local Native American girl Battle Creek – named for a skirmish between Native American tribes near the stream. Camanche, named after the Camanche Chillicothe Coon Rapids Coon Creek Dakota City Decorah Hiawatha Jamaica Kanawha Keomah Village Lake Keomah Lake Keomah State Park Keosauqua – named after the Meskwaki and Sauk name for the Des Moines River. Keota Lakota Lehigh Maquoketa Maquoketa Caves State Park Ocheyedan Ocheyedan River Pocahontas Sac City

Bodies of water

Canoe Creek Ioway Creek Kanaranzi Creek Maquoketa River Little Maquoketa River Mississippi River Missouri River Nishnabotna River Nodaway River Raccoon River Wapsipinicon River

See also List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

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