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Story County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 89,542. The county seat is Nevada. Story county comprises the Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA Combined Statistical Area. The county is home to Iowa State University in Ames. 1. History The land that today is known as Story County was originally prairie with the exception of some groves along the larger streams in the area. In 1846 the boundaries of Story County were established. The County has an area of 576 square miles (1,490 km2) and is square in shape. The county was named after Joseph Story, a preeminent United States Supreme Court Justice, in 1853.
Pennsylvania. Later, many Norwegians, Germans and Danes came directly from overseas and inhabited the area. The first large population influx occurred during the 1850s. Story County was not mentioned in the Federal Census in 1850, but figures from the State of Iowa put the population at 214 in 1852. By 1860 the population had increased to 4,501. Three commissioners appointed by the Iowa legislature selected the location of county seat on June, 27 1853. The location was Nevada, Iowa. Nevada (pronounced Nuh-VAYDah) was named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in western California. Like many Midwestern towns, cities and counties, many prominent locations from the newly explored West and MexicanAmerican War of the late 1840s inspired the naming of towns and counties in Iowa during this period.
Railroad construction did The first settlers in Story more to develop Story County came mainly from County, as it did for the Indiana, New York and entire American West,
than anything else. The first railroad came to the county in 1864. Railroads were such a decisive factor in determining the location of towns that several communities in Story County moved to be closer to the rail line. Some flourishing little towns that were bypassed by the railroad soon disappeared. Although Nevada was long the population center of the county, Ames was the most widely known of the towns because of the busy railroad depot where travelers changed trains for all points north, south, east and west. In its history, Story County has had five courthouse structures in use. The first courthouse, a two-storey frame building, was built in 1856 but was destroyed by fire in 1863. It was replaced by a similar structure. Soon after, a new courthouse was planned, and it was completed in 1877. The three-storey building was situated on the town square. In the building was a tower in which school children could climb to World Views Guides | 2014
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see a panoramic view of the landscape, which was removed later due to safety reasons. A postmodern style courthouse in was built in 1967 and dedicated on May 18, 1968. That courthouse today houses the Board of Supervisors, Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder, Assessor, Information Technology, Facilities Management, Health and Planning & Development Offices. A cannon from the Civil War rests on the lawn. The current courthouse, the Story County Justice Center, is the newest addition to the family of County Facilities. Opening in 2002, the Justice Center is the heart of the law enforcement and judicial aspects of Story County Government. The Story County Sheriff’s Office, Attorney, and Clerk of Court are all housed in this building. Story County consists of 16 townships and 15 incorporated cities, and 4 unincorporated towns. The population of 79,981 in the 2000 census consisted of
71,114 in urban areas and 2. Airports 8867 in rural areas. Story County is home to the Ames Municipal 2. Geography Airport, which is located According to the U.S. on the south side of Ames, Census Bureau, the county just south of U.S. Highway has a total area of 574 30. The Des Moines square miles (1,490 km2), International Airport, of which 573 square miles which is located on the (1,480 km2) is land and south side of Des Moines, 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2) is 30–60 miles away from (0.1%) is water. Story County, depending on where you are traveling 1. Adjacent counties from. • Hamilton County 3. Rail lines (northwest) • Hardin County Story County has three (northeast) rail lines located inside it • Marshall County borders, all controlled by (east) the Union Pacific Railroad • Jasper County Company and permitting (southeast) 143 tons gross weight • Polk County (south) cars and unit trains. The • Boone County (west) line commonly referred to by Union Pacific as 3. Transportation the Overland Route runs east to west through 1. Major highways Story County on its route from Chicago, Illinois to • Interstate 35 • U.S. Highway 30 Oakland, California. The • U.S. Highway 65 Overland Route routes • U.S. Highway 69 through the Story County • Iowa Highway 210 communities of Colo, • Iowa Highway 330 Nevada, and Ames. The line commonly referred to by Union Pacific as the Spine Line runs north to World Views Guides | 2014
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south through Story County on it route from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Kansas City, Missouri. The Spine Line routes through the Story County Communities of McCallsburg, Nevada and Cambridge. The third line in Story County, whose origin is in Ames, routes through the Story County communities of Gilbert and Story City. 4. Demographics Historical population Census Pop. %¹ 1860 4,051 — 1870 11,651 187.6% 1880 16,906 45.1% 1890 18,127 7.2% 1900 23,159 27.8% 1910 24,083 4.0% 1920 26,185 8.7% 1930 31,141 18.9% 1940 33,434 7.4% 1950 44,294 32.5% 1960 49,327 11.4% 1970 62,783 27.3% 1980 72,326 15.2% 1990 74,252 2.7% 2000 79,981 7.7% 2010 89,542 12.0% Est. 2013 92,406 3.2%
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The following Story County statistics were gathered by the 2010 U.S. Census. Population Story County had a population of 89,542, a 12% increase from the 2000 Census. Of that number: 17.8% of those people are under the age of 18, and 10% are over the age of 65. 95.1% of those people (age 25+) are high school graduates, and 45.4% (age 25+) hold at least a bachelors degree. World Views Guides
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(directly north) 1.2% live Story County workers in Hardin County (directly age 16 and older spent an north) 1.1% live in Marshal County (directly east). average of 16.6 minutes traveling to work between There were 43,839 working 2005 and 2009. individuals who lived in Story County and worked Workforce data anywhere, and 83.7% of There were 45,010 those people worked in individuals working in Story County. Story County and 81.5% of Household data those people live in Story County. The remaining According to the 2010 percentages break down as U.S. Census, the median follows: 6.8% live in Boone household income in 2009 County (directly west) was $48,165, with an 4.2% live in Polk County average of 2.41 people per (directly south) 2.1% household between 2005 live in Hamilton County and 2009.
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The per capita money income in the past 12 months (2009 dollars) between 2005 and 2009 was $24,202.
42.00% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The 2. 2000 census average household size As of the census of 2000, was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.94. there were 79,981 people, 29,383 households, and In the county the 17,042 families residing in population was spread out the county. The population with 19.10% under the age density was 140 people of 18, 28.30% from 18 per square mile (54/km²). to 24, 25.50% from 25 to There were 30,630 housing 44, 17.30% from 45 to 64, units at an average density and 9.80% who were 65 of 54 per square mile (21/ years of age or older. The km²). The racial makeup median age was 26 years. of the county was 91.14% For every 100 females White, 1.83% Black or there were 104.60 males. African American, 0.16% For every 100 females age Native American, 5.10% 18 and over, there were Asian, 0.03% Pacific 104.40 males. Islander, 0.60% from other The median income for a races, and 1.14% from two household in the county or more races. 1.55% of the was $40,442, and the population were Hispanic median income for a or Latino of any race. family was $55,472. Males There were 29,383 households out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.60% were married couples living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and
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Total potential labor force According to the Story County Laborshed Analysis, which was analyzed and compiled by the Iowa Workforce Development in August 2011, Story County has a total potential labor force of 424,702 people, which breaks down as follows: Employed 75.3% Unemployed - 8.37% Homemakers 7.8% Retired - 8.2% Likelihood to accept / change employment
The estimated number of individuals who are very likely or somewhat likely to change or accept employment is 106,383, or 25%. Employed had a median income of 87.6% Unemployed $36,756 versus $26,941 3% Homemakers - 5.2% for females. The per capita Retired - 4.2% income for the county was Unemployment $19,949. About 5.50% of families and 14.10% of Of those unemployed and the population were below willing to enter / re-enter the poverty line, including employment: Average Age 6.80% of those under age - 45 Male - 50% Female World Views Guides | 2014
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- 50% Have Education Beyond High School - • 67.5% Wages The estimated wage range to attract the upper 66-75% of qualified hourly wage applicants is $10 to $10.44 per hour, with a median of the lowest wage at $10 per hour. Commute Those unemployed and willing to enter / re-enter employment are willing to commute an average of 24 miles one way for the right opportunity. 5. Law enforcement Primary law enforcement for the county rests with the Story County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement agencies in the county include: • • • • •
Story County Sheriff’s Office Ames Police Department Iowa State University Police Division Nevada Police Department Huxley Police
Department combined statistical area. Story City Police While Ames is the largest Department city in Story County, the county seat is in the nearby 6. Communities city of Nevada 8 miles (13 km) east of Ames. • Ames • Cambridge Ames is the home of Iowa • Collins State University of Science • Colo and Technology (ISU), a • Gilbert public research institution • Huxley with leading Agriculture, • Kelley Design, Engineering, • Maxwell and Veterinary Medicine • McCallsburg colleges. ISU is the • Nevada nation’s first designated • Roland land-grant university, • Sheldahl and the birthplace of • Slater the Atanasoff–Berry • Story City Computer, the world’s • Zearing first electronic digital Ames is a city located in the computer. Ames hosts one central part of the U.S. state of two national sites for the of Iowa in Story County. United States Department Lying approximately 30 of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health miles (48 km) north of and Service Des Moines, it had a 2010 Inspection population of 58,965. (APHIS), which comprises The U.S. Census Bureau the National Veterinary designates the Ames Services Laboratory and metropolitan statistical the Center for Veterinary area as encompassing all Biologics. Ames is also of Story County; combined the home of the USDA’s Research with the Boone, Iowa Agricultural micropolitan statistical Service’s National Animal area (Boone County, Disease Center. NADC is Iowa), the pair make up the largest federal animal the larger Ames-Boone disease center in the U.S., World Views Guides | 2014
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conducting research aimed at solving animal health and food safety problems faced by livestock producers and the public. Ames has the headquarters for the Iowa Department of Transportation. In 2010, Ames was ranked ninth on CNNMoney.com “Best Places to Live” list. 7. History The city was founded in 1864 as a station stop on the Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad and was named after 19th century U.S. Congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts, who was influential in the building of the transcontinental railroad. Ames was founded by local resident Cynthia Olive Duff (née Kellogg) and railroad man John Insley Blair, near a location that
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was deemed favorable for including Allenview, a railroad crossing of the Bentwood, Bloomington Skunk River. Heights, Broadmoor, Campustown, College 8. Geography Heights, College Park, According to the United Colonial Village (Ames’s States Census Bureau, first modern housing the city has a total area of development, dating to 24.27 square miles (62.86 1939), Country Gables, km2), of which 24.21 Dauntless, Dayton Park, Hickory Park, square miles (62.70 km2) East is land and 0.06 square Gateway Green Hills, miles (0.16 km2) is water. Gateway Hills, Hillside, Iowa State University, Ames is located on Little Hollywood, Main Interstate 35, U.S. Route Street Cultural District 30 & 69, and the cross (Downtown Ames), country line of the Union Melrose Park, Northridge Pacific Railroad, located Heights, Northridge roughly 30 miles (48 km) Parkway, Old Town north of the state capital Historic Preservation Des Moines. Two small District, Ontario Heights, streams run through the Parkview Heights, town: the South Skunk Ridgewood, Ringgenberg River and Squaw Creek. Park, Suncrest, Somerset, South Fork, South 1. Neighborhoods Gateway, Spring Valley, Ames is made up of several Stone Brooke, Sunset distinct neighborhoods, Ridge, and West Ames.
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9. Demographics Historical populations Pop. 1870 636 1880 1,153 1890 1,276 1900 2,422 1910 4,223 1920 6,270 1930 10,261 1940 12,555 1950 22,898 1960 27,003 1970 39,505 1980 45,775 1990 47,198 2000 50,731 2010 58,965 Source:”American FactFinder”. United States Census Bureau. and Iowa Data Center Year
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As of the census of 2010, there were 58,965 people, 22,759 households, and 9,959 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,435.6 inhabitants per square mile (940.4 /km2). There were 23,876 housing units at an average density of 986.2 per square mile (380.8 / km2). The racial makeup of the city was 84.5% White, 3.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 8.8% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population. There were households of
19.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 56.2% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.82.
The median age in the city was 23.8 years. 13.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 40.5% were 22,759 between the ages of 18 which and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 15% were from
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45 to 64; and 8.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.0% male and 47.0% female. 2.
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As of the census of 2000, there were 50,731 people, 18,085 households, and 8,970 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,352.3 people per square mile (908.1/ km²). There were 18,757 housing units at an average density of 869.7 per square mile (335.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.34% White, 7.70% Asian, 2.65% African American, 0.04% American Indian, 0.76% Pacific Islander and other races, and 1.36% from two World Views Guides | 2014
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or more races. Hispanic or median income for a Latino of any race were family was $56,439. Males 1.98% of the population. had a median income of There were 18,085 $37,877 versus $28,198 households out of which for females. The per capita 22.3% had children under income for the city was the age of 18 living with $18,881. About 7.6% of them, 42.0% were married families and 20.4% of the couples living together, population were below 5.3% had a female the poverty line, including householder with no 9.2% of those under age 18 husband present, and 50.4% and 4.1% of those age 65 or over. were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.85.
Age spread: 14.6% under the age of 18, 40.0% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 109.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $36,042, and the World Views Guides
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Iowa State was formerly known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Ames is the home of the closely allied U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Disease Center (See Ames strain), the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory (a major materials research and development facility), and the main offices of 3. Metropolitan area the Iowa Department of Ames is the larger Transportation. State and principal city of the Federal institutions are the Ames–Boone CSA, a largest employers in Ames. Combined Statistical Area Other area employers that includes the Ames include a 3M manufacturing metropolitan area (Story plant; Sauer-Danfoss, a County) and the Boone hydraulics manufacturer; micropolitan area (Boone Barilla, a pasta County), which had a manufacturer; Ball, a combined population of manufacturer of canning 106,205 at the 2000 census. jars and plastic bottles; Renewable Energy Group, 10. Economy America’s largest producer Ames is home of Iowa of biomass-based diesel; State University of and the National Farmers Organization. Science and Technology, a public land-grant and 1. Top employers space-grant research university, and member of According to Ames’s 2013 the prestigious Association Comprehensive Annual of American Universities. Financial Report, the top At its founding in 1858, employers in the city are:
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Hy-Vee Sauer-Danfoss Ames Community School District Wal-Mart Ames Laboratory
11. Arts and culture Velma Wallace Rayness Ames, Iowa was home to Gerard M. and Velma Wallace Rayness. Both artists taught art and were nationally recognized artists. Their art was exhibited nationally as well as abroad. Gerard died in the 1940s. Velma Wallace Rayness died in 1977. Velma Wallace Rayness usually signed her paintings “V.W. Rayness” Ames Historical Society Collects, preserves, and provides access to evidence of the history of Ames and its immediate vicinity from pre-settlement times to the present Hayward Hostel Longtime drinking establishment for generations of Iowa State students and Alumni. Currently, under new management and improvements have been World Views Guides
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# of Employees 15,211 1,376 1,161 962 925 725 650 650 435 432
made to the basement section to facilitate a larger number of residents. Brunnier Art Museum (Scheman Building) Ames Public Library The Ames Public Library is a Carnegie library founded on October 20, 1904. It currently has 1,386,273 items in circulations, including 799,349 books, and 586,924 multimedia items. The Octagon Center for the Arts The Center includes galleries, art classes, art studios, and retail shop. They sponsor the local street fair, The Octagon Arts Festival. Also have the Annual National Juried Exhibition Clay, Fiber, Paper Glass Metal, Wood. The Space for Ames Formally known as the Ames Progressive, The Space for Ames is a community space that
serves as an art gallery, music venue and classroom for community workshops. 1.
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• The city is featured in the bestselling book The Girls from Ames written by Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow. It examines the lives and friendships of several young girls who grew up in Ames and have moved on with their adult lives but still remain close. • The city was featured in the episode “Heartache” of the television show Supernatural. • The character “Kate Austen” from the television show Lost is from Ames. 12. Sports Iowa Sports Foundation. The Iowa State University Cyclones play a variety of sports in the Ames area.
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The Cyclones’ football team plays at Jack Trice Stadium near Ames. Also, the Cyclones’ Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams and Volleyball team play at Hilton Coliseum just across the street from Jack Trice Stadium. The Iowa State Cyclones are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference in all sports and compete in NCAA Division I-A.
large number of parks and • Lloyd Kurtz Park arboretums. • Moore Park (On Beach Ave) Specialized Parks: • Old Town Park • Ada Hayden Heritage • O’Neil Park Park • Parkview Park • Ames Dog Park • Patio Homes West • Bandshell Park Park • Charles & June • Stuart Smith Park Calhoun Park • Teagarden Park • Daley Park & Greenbelt 14. Education • Furman Aquatic Public high school in Ames Center • Gateway Park Ames High School: Grades • Greenbriar Park 9–12 • Homewood Golf Public elementary/middle Course schools in Ames • Skate Park • Squaw Creek • David Edwards (Community Gardens) Elementary: K-5
The Ames Figure Skating Club provides recreational to professional level skating opportunities. The club sponsors the Learn to Skate Program. Coaches provide on and off ice Community Parks: lessons or workshops. • Brookside Park The club hosts the figure Park & skating portion of the • Daley Greenbelt Iowa Games competition every summer. In the fall • Emma McCarthy Lee Park the club hosts Cyclone • Inis Grove Park Country Championships. Memorial Every year the club puts on • Moore Park the Winter Gala. The big event is the annual Spring • River Valley Park Ice Show where young to Neighborhood Parks: adult skaters can perform • Bandshell Park their best moves. • Christofferson Park • Duff Park 13. Parks and recreation • Franklin Park The Ames area has a • Hutchison Park
• Abbie Sawyer Elementary School: Grades K-5 • Kate Mitchell Elementary School: Grades K-5 • Warren H. Meeker Elementary School: Grades K-5 • Gertrude Fellows Elementary School: Grades K-5 • Ames Middle School: Grades 6–8 Private schools in Ames
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Ames Christian School • Saint Cecilia School (preK – 5th grade) •
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Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University (ISU), is a public landgrant and space-grant research university located in Ames. Iowa State has produced a number of astronauts, scientists, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and a variety of other notable individuals in their respective fields. Until 1945 it was known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university is a member of the American Association of Universities and the Big 12 Conference. In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. Story County was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, from proposals by Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall, Polk, and Story World Views Guides
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counties. When Iowa accepted the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, Iowa State became the first institution in nation designated as a land-grant college. The institution was coeducational from the first preparatory class admitted in 1868. The formal admitting of students began the following year, and the first graduating class of 1872 consisted of 24 men and 2 women. The first building on the Iowa State campus was Farm House. Built in the 1860s, it currently serves as a museum and National Historic Landmark. Today, Iowa State has over 60 notable buildings, including Beardshear Hall, Morrill Hall, Memorial Union, Catt Hall, Curtiss Hall, Carver Hall, Parks Library, the Campanile, Hilton Coliseum, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater, Jack Trice Stadium, Lied Recreation Center, numerous residence halls, and many buildings specific to ISU’s many different majors and colleges. Iowa State is
home to 28,080 students (Spring 2012) and makes up approximately one half of the city’s population. The official mascot for ISU is Cy the Cardinal. The official school colors are cardinal and gold. The Iowa State Cyclones play in the NCAA’s Division I-A as a member of the Big 12 Conference. 15. Media Online and newsprint • Ames Tribune • Iowa State Daily • Ames Patch Radio • KURE • WOI-FM • WOI (AM) • KHOI • KMYR • KCYZ • 1430KASI Television •
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The town is served by U.S. Highways 30 and 69 and Interstate 35. Ames is the only town in Iowa with a population of greater than 50,000 that does not have a state highway serving it. Ames was serviced by the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad via a branch from Kelley to Iowa State University and to downtown Ames. The tracks were removed in the 1960s. The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company twin mainline runs east and west bisecting the town and running just south of the downtown business district. The C&NW used to operate a branch to Des Moines. This line was removed in the 1980s when the Spine Line through Nevada was purchased from the Rock Island Railroad after its bankruptcy. The Union Pacific, successor to the C&NW, still runs 60–70 trains a day through Ames on twin mainlines, which World Views Guides
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leads to some traffic delays. There is also a branch to Eagle Grove that leaves Ames to the north. The Union Pacific maintains a small yard called Ames Yard east of Ames between Ames and Nevada. Ames has been testing automatic train horns at several of its crossings. These directional horns which are focused down the streets are activated when the crossing signals turn on and are shut off after the train crosses the crossing. This system cancels out the need for the trains to blow their horns. Train noise had been a problem in the residential areas to the west and northwest of downtown.
The City of Ames offers a transit system throughout town, called CyRide, that is funded jointly by Iowa State University, the ISU Government of the Student Body, and the City of Ames. Rider fares are subsidized through this funding, and are free for children under five. Students pay a set cost as part of their tuition. Ames has the headquarters of the Iowa Department of Transportation. 2.
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Ames is served by Mary Greeley Medical Center, a 220-bed regional referral hospital which is adjacent to McFarland Clinic PC, central Iowa’s largest physician-owned multiAmes has a municipal specialty clinic, and also airport located 1-mile (1.6 Iowa Heart Center. km) southeast of the city. The current (and only) 17. Moving to Ames FBO is Hap’s Air Service, a company which has been 1. Housing based at the airport since The unique demographic 1975. The airport has two in Ames has created a runways – 01/19, which is “Moving Day.” Many 5,700 by 100 feet (1,737 m leases run from August 1 × 30 m), and 13/31, which through July 31. Students, is 3,492 by 100 feet (1,064 graduate students and m × 30 m). young professionals are
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moving on those dates. Around the Iowa State University Campus many people will be moving the last week of July. People moving creates a high demand for trucks, boxes, storage units, garbage sites, hotel rooms (for the night of the July 31st). 18. Notable people • John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, inventors of world’s first electronic digital computer at Iowa State University from 1937– 1942 • Kate Austen, fictional character from ABC’s Lost TV series; lived in Ames • Harrison Barnes, No. 1 ranked high school basketball recruit from class of 2010, Ames HS graduate, drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 2012. • Robert Bartley, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; raised in Ames and ISU graduate • Ruth Bascom, mayor of Eugene, Oregon
Juan Sebastián Botero, soccer player • Wally Bruner, ABC News television host • John E. Buck, sculptor • George Washington Carver, inventor, Iowa State University alumnus and professor • Carrie Chapman Catt, women’s rights activist and suffragist, founder of League of Women Voters; ISU graduate • Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut, died on STS-107 • Kip Corrington, NFL player • Ann Cotten, poet, born in Ames, grew up in Vienna • John Darnielle, musician from indie rock band The Mountain Goats; former Ames resident • David M. Dobson, creator of Snood video game; grew up in Ames • Charles W. “Chuck” Durham, civil engineer, philanthropist, civic leader, former CEO and chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc.; raised in Ames • Envy Corps, indie •
rock band • Jane Espenson, writer and producer for television, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: The Next Generation, grew up in Ames • Brian Evenson, author • Dan Gable, U.S. Olympic gold medalist, NCAA wrestling champion, distinguished coach and ISU alumnus • Michael Gartner, former president of NBC News; retired to own and publish the Ames Tribune • Lyle Goodhue, scientist, lived and studied here 1925–1934 • Leslie Hall, electronic rap musician/Gem Sweater collector, born in Ames in 1981 • Terry Hoage, NFL player • Fred Hoiberg, retired NBA basketball player; raised in Ames, ISU graduate and current ISU basketball coach • Fern Kupfer, author • Jake Johannsen, comedian-actor; attended ISU for three years World Views Guides | 2014
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• Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate; raised in Ames and ISU graduate • Margaret Lloyd, opera singer • Doug McDermott, 3-time All-American basketball player, 2014 NCAA basketball Player of the Year • Edward Mezvinsky, former US Congressman who led the impeachment of Richard Nixon; fatherin-law of Chelsea Clinton; raised in Ames • Neva Morris, at her death (2010) second-oldest person in the world and oldest American at the age of 114 years; lived in Ames her entire life • Laurel Nakadate, American visual artist • Yong Chin Pak, ISU martial arts instructor and Pan-Am and Goodwill Games coach • Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski mysteries; born in Ames in 1947 • Velma Wallace Rayness (1896–1977) author and artist, painted “Roof Tops in Fall” • Christine Romans, World Views Guides
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CNN business news anchor; 1993 ISU graduate • Cael Sanderson, U.S. Olympic gold medalist; undefeated, fourtime NCAA wrestling champion; former ISU wrestling coach and alumnus • Peter Schickele, musician, born in Ames in 1935 • Dan Shechtman, awarded 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the discovery of quasicrystals”; Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University (2004–present) and Associate at the Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory • Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist; former instructor at ISU (1981–1996); used ISU as the basis for her novel Moo • Brian Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, born July 16, 1959 • Ken Smith, architect; ISU graduate in landscape architecture • George W. Snedecor, statistician, founder of first academic department
of statistics in the United States at Iowa State University • Neal Stephenson, author, grew up in Ames • Evan Stone, pornographic actor • Billy Sunday, evangelist and Major League Baseball player; born in Ames in 1863 • Jamaal Tinsley, NBA player for Memphis Grizzlies; former ISU player • Fred Tisue, Olympian water polo player • Bob Walkup, mayor of Tucson, Arizona • Hugh Young, coauthor of University Physics textbook 19. Other topics 1.
Politics
Iowa is a “battleground state” that has trended slightly Democratic in recent years, and Ames, like Iowa City, also trends Democratic. Because Iowa is the first caucus state and Ames is a college town, it is the site of many political appearances, debates and events, especially during
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election years. During every August in which the Republican presidential nomination is undecided (meaning there is no incumbent Republican president—as in, most recently, 2011, 2007, 1999, 1995 and 1987), the town plays host to the Ames Straw Poll, which gauges support for the various Republican candidates amongst attendees of a fundraising dinner benefiting the Iowa Republican Party. The straw poll dates back to 1979, and is frequently seen as a first test of organizational strength in Iowa by the national media and party insiders; as such, it can be very beneficial for a candidate to win the straw poll and thus enhance the candidate’s aura of inevitability or show off a superior field operation.
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