Iowa // Des Moines, IA // Midwest Region // Central Time (The Hawkeye State)
Territory established:	July 4, 1838
Statehood granted:	December 28, 1846 // 29th state
Iowa was formed out of land from the Louisiana Purchase.
[View map of US territorial acquisition]

#4291 // September 2, 2008 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Iowa State Flag and field of corn	#1967 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Iowa Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) and Wild Rose	#1661 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Iowa State Flag

#838 // August 24, 1938 // Des Moines, IA Iowa Territory Centennial Old State Capitol until 1857, Iowa City, Johnson County, IA	#942 // June 1, 1946 // Iowa City, IA Iowa Statehood Centennial Iowa State Flag and Outline Map

#3088/89 // August 1, 1969 // Dubuque, IA (water activated/self adhesive gum) Iowa Statehood Sesquicentennial "Young Corn", based on a painting by Grant Wood (American painter, * 1891, † 1942)

#3575 // April 4, 2002 (ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from Iowa Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View Iowa state quarter View Iowa state map View Iowa clock

	The state and the Iowa River are named after the Iowa(y) Indians, a Sioux tribe. Find out more facts & trivia
	Land Area rounded mi2 [km2] 55,869 [144.700] ranked 23rd	Population (census 2010) 3,046,355 ranked 30th	Population Density per mi2 [km2] of land area 55 [21] ranked 36th
	The State of Iowa has 99 counties.

#UX123 // July 2, 1988 // Burlington, IA Stamped Postal Card Iowa Territory, 1838 Sesquicentennial Harvesting Corn Fields