Mason City

Mason City
a city in N Iowa. 30,144.

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      city, seat (1855) of Cerro Gordo county, northern Iowa, U.S., along the Winnebago River, about 120 miles (195 km) north of Des Moines. The area was inhabited by Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) and Sioux peoples when Freemasons arrived to settle the site in 1853; its earlier names were Shibboleth, Masonic Grove, and Masonville before the present name was adopted. The city is underlain by deposits of clay and limestone, and large quantities of sand and gravel are also available, hence it long has supported a substantial cement industry.

      In addition to cement, the city's diversified industries include the manufacture of wood products, processed foods, ice machines, and rubber gaskets. Mason City was the hometown of the composer Meredith Willson and was the “River City” of his highly successful Broadway musical The Music Man (1957); his Queen Anne-style boyhood home has been preserved as a museum. The Stockman House (1908), designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has been restored, and the Charles H. MacNider Museum includes the puppet collection of puppeteer Bil Baird (Baird, Bil and Cora). The city is the seat of the North Iowa Area Community College, founded in 1918 and the oldest two-year college in the state. The resort area of Clear Lake is 10 miles (16 km) west. Inc. 1870. Pop. (1990) 29,040; (2000) 29,172.

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