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Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA



 


Notizen:
Wikipedia 2018:

Onawa is a city in Monona County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,998 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Monona County. It is the largest town on the Iowa side of the Missouri River between Council Bluffs and Sioux City.

History:

Onawa was named for a character mentioned in the poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Onawa was platted in 1857, and the railway arrived to the city in 1867.

Onawa was the site of a POW camp for captured German soldiers, between 1944 and 1946. Historical documents indicate there were never more than 50 POWs in camp. A larger camp existed near the central Iowa town of Algona, and housed as many as 5,400 German POWs.

Onawa is known for having the widest main street in the continental United States.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 42.0274418, Geographische Länge: -96.0968943


Tod

Treffer 1 bis 4 von 4

   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Unkel, Freda Elizabeth  18 Apr 1928Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA I183176
2 Steinhoff, Jacob Charles  8 Jun 1955Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA I183583
3 Steinhoff, Esther  21 Feb 1967Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA I183584
4 Egger, Friederike Julia  7 Jun 1986Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA I183089

Eheschließung

Treffer 1 bis 2 von 2

   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Harris / Yockey  1 Jan 1896Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA F66104
2 Kilzer / Cain  15 Sep 1928Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA F61100