Ames (Iowa)

Story County

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Ames is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States with 58 965 inhabitants, about half of these students ( as of 2010). The city was named after Congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts. He had strongly influenced the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which runs through Ames in the 19th century. Ames is located about 48 kilometers north of Des Moines, the capital of the state.

In addition to the Iowa State University of Science & Technology found in the Ames National Animal Disease Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Further, the " Iowa State Department of Transportation" here his seat and the Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, which is also part of Iowa State University. Public institutions of the state and the federal government are the main local employer.

Since 1993 there has been twinned with Enzan ( Kōshū ) in Japan and Wülfrath in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Harrison Barnes, Basketball Player
  • James Bovard, best-selling author, teacher, and Libertarian
  • Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut
  • Ann Cotten, author
  • Charles Dodge, composer
  • Jane Espenson, writer and film producer
  • Richard Hayward, rock drummer
  • Ted Kooser, Poet
  • Albert MacCarthy, mountaineers
  • Edward Mezvinsky, politicians
  • Sara Paretsky, author
  • Peter Schickele, musicians
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