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.

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

References

Citations

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