Council Bluffs, Iowa
| Council Bluffs, Iowa Historical: Kanesville, Iowa |
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| Motto: "Iowa's Spirit" | |
 Location in Iowa |
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 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Historical: Kanesville, Iowa |
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| Coordinates: 41°15′N 95°52′W / 41.250°N 95.867°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Pottawattamie |
| Incorporated | January 19, 1853 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Matt Walsh |
| • City Council | Sharon White, Nathan Watson, Lynne Branigan, Melissa Head, Al Ringgenberg |
| Area | |
| • City | 43.62 sq mi (112.98 km2) |
| • Land | 40.97 sq mi (106.11 km2) |
| • Water | 2.65 sq mi (6.86 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,090 ft (332 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 62,230 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 62,115 |
| • Rank | 7th in Iowa |
| • Density | 1,518.9/sq mi (586.5/km2) |
| • Metro | 865,350 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 51501-51503 |
| Area code(s) | 712 |
| FIPS code | 19-16860 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0455672 |
| Website | councilbluffs-ia.gov |
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from what is now the much larger city of Omaha, Nebraska. Council Bluffs was known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowa — the historic starting point of the Mormon Trail, Kanesville also became the northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trails.
Council Bluffs' population was 62,230 at the 2010 census. Along with neighboring Omaha to the west, Council Bluffs was part of the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2010, which had an estimated population of 865,350 residing in the eight counties of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
Council Bluffs is more than a decade older than Omaha. The latter, founded in 1854 by Council Bluffs businessmen and speculators following the Kansas-Nebraska Act, has grown to be a significantly larger city.
The first Council Bluff name (singular) was actually on the Nebraska side of the river at Fort Atkinson (Nebraska) about 20 miles northwest of the current Council Bluffs. It was named by Lewis and Clark for a bluff where they met with the Otoe tribe on August 2, 1804.
The Iowa side became an Indian Reservation for members of the Council of Three Fires of Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi who were forced to vacate the Chicago area in the Treaty of Chicago in 1833/1835 clearing the way for that city to incorporate.
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