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CRESTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 414 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRESTON , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Union county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., about 6o M. S.W. of See also:Des Moines, at the See also:crossing of the See also:main See also:line and two branches of the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy railway. Pop. (189o) 7200; (1900) 7752; (1905, See also:state See also:census) 8382 (753 See also:foreign-See also:born); (r91o) 6924. The city is on the See also:crest of the See also:divide between the See also:Mississippi and the See also:Missouri basins at an See also:altitude of about 1310 ft.—whence its name. It is situated in a See also:fine farming and stock-raising region, for which it is a See also:shipping point. The site was chosen in 1869 by the Burlington & Missouri See also:River Railroad See also:Company (subsequently merged in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company) for the location of its shops. Creston was incorporated as a See also:town in x869, and was chartered as a city in 187r.

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