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Charles City
Iowa, United States
Charles City, city, seat (1854) of Floyd county, northern Iowa, U.S., on the Cedar River, about 30 miles (50 km) east-southeast of Mason City. The site was a campground for the Winnebago before it was settled in 1850 by Joseph Kelly from Monroe, Wisconsin, who named it for his son; it was called Charlestown and St. Charles before receiving its present name in 1860. The McGregor and Sioux City Railroad arrived in the early 1870s, increasing the town’s population. In 1902 residents Charles Hart and Charles Parr produced one of the first gasoline traction engines for agricultural and industrial use. ...(100 of 168 words)