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History of Benton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest,
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The current mayor of Belle Plaine is Lyle Morrow. The City
Administrator is Stephen Beck. Sandy Walton is the City Clerk. April Kressley is the Parks and Recreation Director. Kris Hudson is the Police Chief. Jason Kaplan is the Fire Chief.
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923:, professional golfer, was born in Belle Plaine in 1953.
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and glamour artist was born in Belle Plaine in 1893.
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917:football star, was born in Belle Plaine in 1901.
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965:References
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883:Steve Carl
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364:Iowa River
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1557:Footnotes
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207:Time zone
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1374:Walford
1344:Newhall
1334:Luzerne
1212:May 21,
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1089:May 11,
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1301:Cities
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585:−12.0%
481:−16.7%
468:+24.5%
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582:2,534
572:+1.6%
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559:−2.4%
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533:−3.9%
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520:−4.4%
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439:3,283
426:2,623
413:1,689
400:1,488
246:52208
235:(CDT)
233:UTC-5
212:UTC-6
193:2,330
117:State
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1470:Kane
1460:Iowa
1430:Eden
1214:2013
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