Iowa - Contact a mobile notary in the cities below:
Cities in Iowa:
Altoona Notary | Ames Notary | Anamosa Notary | Ankeny Notary | Atlantic | Bettendorf Notary | Boone Notary | Burlington | Cambridge Notary | Carlisle Notary | Carroll | Carter Lake Notary | Cedar Falls | Center Point Notary | Cedar Rapids Notary | Charles City | Clear Lake | Clinton | Clive Notary | Coralville Notary | Council Bluffs Notary | Creston | Davenport Notary | Decorah | Denison | Des Moines Notary | Dubuque | Estherville | Fairfield | Fort Dodge | Fort Madison | Glenwood Notary | Granger Notary | Grimes Notary | Grinnell | Hartford Notary | Hiawatha Notary | Hills Notary | Huxley Notary | Independence | Indianola Notary | Iowa City Notary | Johnston Notary | Kalona Notary | Keokuk | Knoxville | Le Mars | Madrid Notary | Maquoketa | Marion Notary | Marshalltown | Mason City | McClelland Notary |Mount Pleasant Notary | Mount Vernon Notary | Mt. Pleasant Notary | Muscatine Notary | Nevada | Newton Notary | North Liberty Notary | Norwalk Notary | Oelwein | Oskaloosa | Ottumwa | Oxford Notary | Pacific Junction Notary | Pella | Perry Notary | Polk City Notary | Red Oak Notary | Riverside Notary | Sandyville Notary | Sioux Center | Sioux City | Solon Notary | Spencer | Storm Lake | Tiffin Notary | Urbandale Notary | Washington Notary | Waterloo | Waukee Notary | Waverly | Webster City | Wellman Notary | West Branch Notary | West Des Moines Notary | West Liberty Notary | Williamsburg Notary | Wilton Notary | Windsor Heights Notary
About Iowa
Iowa joined the Union in December of 1846 as the 29th state. It lies in the heart of America, in the area called the Midwest. Iowa has fertile prairie lands and as a result, its economy relies heavily on agricultural activity. Iowa farmers raise grain and livestock.
The state is, for the most part, a very efficient, large-scale assembly line for the country’s food. From the dark, rich soil to rolling fields of corn to plump hogs and steer to their slaughter, the entire process is carried out on a grand scale. The corn and other grains grown in the state are turned around and fed to the hogs and cattle that are raise in Iowa. Factories in Iowa then take over and pack the meat, and finish processing any left over grain. Other factories manufacture the equipment used to till the soil, harvest the grains, run the farms and process the farm products. Still other factories produce goods that have little or nothing to do with agriculture, like pens, washing machines, office furniture, etc. The irony is that though Iowa is considered a manufacturing state, the majority of the products it manufactures or processes are of or for its agricultural base.
The state’s name was taken from the Iowa River, which in turn was named for the Iowa people, the Native Americans who lived in the region during early European exploration. Iowa is called the Hawkeye State. The name is believed to be a tribute to Chief Black Hawk, a leader of the Sac people who were relocated to Iowa after unsuccessful resistance to white settlement.
The capital of Iowa is Des Moines, which is also the most populated city in Iowa. The city derives much of its economy from the insurance companies that have their bases there, as well as several publishing houses. Des Moines sits on the point where the Raccoon and the Des Moines River.
The prohibition of alcohol helped to shape Iowa politics for more than a century. In 1855 the state legislature prohibited the sale of alcohol, but local governments did not always enforce the laws. In general Democrats opposed government restrictions and the Republican Party was bitterly divided. German, Irish, and other European immigrants resented attempts to regulate beer production and sale while evangelical Protestant churches crusaded against liquor companies. In 1882 prohibition forces won a referendum to prohibit alcohol throughout the state, but the courts struck it down on legal grounds. The state legislature then passed a strict prohibition law, but local towns and cities again enforced it unevenly.
After the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages across the nation in 1919, several rural areas in Iowa earned a reputation for bootlegging, or illegally making and selling alcohol. Most famous for bootlegging was the German town of Templeton in west central Iowa. In 1933 Iowans voted by a very narrow margin to repeal national prohibition. The state legislature then set up a system of state-owned liquor stores where Iowans could buy bottled liquor. Not until the early 1960s did the state permit the sale of liquor by the drink in either bars or restaurants.
Those interested in learning more about Iowa, including how to become a notary public in the state, should visit Become A Notary Public".
