History and Genealogy of Black Hawk County Iowa
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Cities and Towns Cedar Falls -- Dunkerton -- Elk Run Heights Evansdale -- Gilbertville -- Hudson -- Janesville Jesup -- La Porte City -- Raymond -- Waterloo Unincorporated Places Dewar -- Eagle Center -- Finchford Glasgow -- Voorhies -- Washburn Black Hawk County is divided into eighteen townships: Barclay -- Bennington -- Big Creek -- Black Hawk Cedar -- Cedar Falls -- City of Waterloo Eagle -- East Waterloo -- Fox Lester -- Lincoln -- Mount Vernon -- Orange Poyner -- Spring Creek -- Union -- Washington [City of Waterloo Township is distinct from Waterloo but shares the same borders]		County Information Established in 1843 The county was named for the Sauk chief As of 2000, Black Hawk county was the fourth largest county in population in the state. The majority of the county's population resides in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls urbanized area. Waterloo, the county seat, is located approximately 65 miles east of I-35 at the intersection of U.S. Highways 20, 63 and 218. The city of Cedar Falls is located approximately eight miles west of Waterloo. The Cedar River roughly divides the county in half from the northwest to the southeast corner. The land is mostly level since much of it is on the river's flood plain.
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