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Welcome to Dows ...The city of Dows is primarily located in Wright County<1>. A portion of Dows extends into Franklin County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dows, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Dows has a population of 505 people<2> (see below for details). Dows is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Dows lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Dows is within the boundaries of the (515) area code. The ZIP code for Dows: 50071<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dows had an population of 505 people. This is a decrease of 6.13% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 25.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Dows had a population of 538 people. This makes Dows the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Dows represents 0.02% of the total population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 436th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 538 people, the population of Dows decreased 20.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 675 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Dows. Communities Also Named Dows ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dows - it's located in Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dows. Communities near Dows ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dows.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dows. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dows. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dows. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dows. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dows. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Dows. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dows ...Looking for more information about Dows? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Dows, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Dows. Adding Dows to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dows in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dows was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Dows in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dows. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dows. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wright County: www.wrightcounty.org/ The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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