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Black Hawk County, IA Economic Statistics

Black hawk county iowa dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection,…

Black Hawk County, IA Housing Statistics

Black hawk county iowa dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection,…

Black Hawk County, IA Census Data

Iowa Black Hawk County, Iowa People QuickFactsBlack Hawk CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 125,8912,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.7%1.4%Population, 2000…

Anderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Robert, 1805–71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter, b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and…

Waterloo, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Waterloo, city (1990 pop. 66,467), seat of Black Hawk co., NE Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1868. Originally a center for sawmills and flour mills, Waterloo is a trade and industrial…

Atkinson, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Atkinson, Henry, 1782–1842, American army officer, b. North Carolina. After service as a colonel in the War of 1812, he was a commander in the West and led two expeditions (1819, 1825…

goshawk

(Encyclopedia) goshawk: see hawk.

hawk

(Encyclopedia) hawk, name generally applied to the smaller members of the Accipitridae, a heterogeneous family of diurnal birds of prey, such as the eagle, the kite, and the Old World vulture. Hawks…

buzzard

(Encyclopedia) buzzard, common name for hawks of the genus Buteo and for the honey buzzards of the genus Pernis, of the Old World family Accipitridae. The name buzzard is also incorrectly applied to…