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CEDAR FALLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 595 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CEDAR FALLS , a See also:city of See also:Black See also:Hawk See also:county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., on the Cedar See also:river, about too m. W. of See also:Dubuque. Pop. (189o) 3459; (1900) 5319; (1905, See also:state See also:census) 5329 (872 being See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5012. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the See also:Illinois Central, the Chicago See also:Great Western, and the See also:Waterloo, Cedar Falls & See also:Northern See also:railways. Its manufactures include See also:flour, ground feed, other cereal preparations, hardware specialties, canned vegetables (especially See also:Indian See also:corn), and planing-See also:mill products. It is the seat of the state normal school (1876), and has a public library. The See also:settlement of the See also:place, the See also:oldest in the county, was begun in 1847; it was laid out as a See also:town in 1851, incorporated as a See also:village in 1857, chartered as a city in 1865, and for a See also:short See also:time in 1853 was the county-seat.

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