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Waterloo Travel Guide

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3/7/2010
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Tourist Guide Waterloo:

Waterloo is a city which is the country seat of Black Hawk County in Iowa. Waterloo belongs to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally this city was known by the name “Prairie Rapids Crossing”.
As per the United States Census Bureau, Waterloo has a total area of 62.0 square miles of which almost 62.7 square miles is of land and 1.3 square miles is of water.

As per the 2000 census, this city had a total population of 68,747. In June 2008, this city experienced the worst flooding in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area along with the Great Flood of 1993. Even though located in the Midwest, which is historically and predominantly white, Waterloo and its industries have attracted a diverse population. In the late 1800s, this city attracted lots of German, Croatian and Greek immigrants who came to take jobs in a farm or in the local factories.

At present, the city has a broader industrial base and its leaders have diversified the industrial and the commercial businesses.

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