Cedar Rapids

city in and seat of Linn County, Iowa, United States
Place city_in_the_united_states Q486439
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Summary

Cedar Rapids is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,583 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Linn County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Tiffany O'Donnell[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7]
  • Postal code: 52401[8], 52402[9], 52403[10], 52404[11], 52405[12], 52406[13], 52407[14], 52408[15], 52409[16], 52410[17], 52411[18], 52497[19], 52498[20], 52499[21]
  • Commons category: Cedar Rapids, Iowa[22]
  • Local dialing code: 319[23]
  • Inception: 1849[24]
  • Official website: https://www.cedar-rapids.org[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cedar Rapids, Iowa[26]
  • Population: 126,326[27], 137,710[28], 120,758[29]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa[30]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], The New Student's Reference Work[33]
  • Capital of: Linn County[34]
  • Official name: Cedar Rapids[35]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cedar Rapids, Iowa[36]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cedar Rapids, Iowa[37]
  • Number of households: 55,784[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa[39]
  • Owner of: Cedar Rapids Ice Arena[40], Veterans Memorial Stadium[41]
  • Different from: Cedar Rapids[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 247 m[43]
  • Area: 186.636616 km²[44], 186.661642 km²[45]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.7644 percent[46]
  • Territory overlaps: Cedar Rapids urban area[47]

Why It Matters

Cedar Rapids has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . cedar-rapids.org. Retrieved . cedar-rapids.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Mxn · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isni → 0000000404106099
    Territory overlaps → Cedar Rapids urban area
    Top-level internet domain → Q140696970
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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