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Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk, Iowa

Keokuk

Iowa, United States
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Keokuk, city, Lee county, extreme southeastern Iowa, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River (bridged to Hamilton, Illinois) at the mouth of the Des Moines River, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Burlington. The first settler in the area, Samuel C. Muir, arrived in 1820, and a trading post was established there later in the decade. The town was platted in 1837 and was named for Keokuk, a Sauk chief who advocated conciliation with...

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