Keokuk is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States, along with Fort Madison. It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 10,780 at the 2010 census. The city is named after the Sauk chief Keokuk, who is thought to be buried in Rand Park. It is in the extreme southeast corner of Iowa, where the Des Moines River meets the Mississippi. It is at the junction of U.S. Routes 61, 136 and 218. Just across the rivers are the towns of Hamilton and Warsaw, Illinois, and Alexandria, Missouri.
Keokuk was a chief of the Sauk or Sac tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders and noted for his accommodation with the U.S. government. Keokuk moved his tribe several times and always acted as an ardent friend of the American colonists. His policies were contrary to fellow Sauk chief Black Hawk, who led part of their band to defeat in the Black Hawk War, was later returned by U.S. forces to Keokuk's custody, and who died a decade before Keokuk.
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Daniel Webster Hamilton was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
U.S. Highway 136 (US 136) is a short U.S. Highway in Keokuk, Iowa. The route was designated nationally in 1951 and has remained largely unchanged through Keokuk since then. The highway originally crossed the Mississippi on the Keokuk Rail Bridge, which was the second bridge built and operated by Andrew Carnegie's Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Company in that location. While it was designed for wagons and early automobiles, crossing the rail bridge became difficult in larger modern vehicles, specifically semi trucks. As a result, a new automobile-only bridge was built directly to the south of the older span. The Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge opened in 1985 eight months early and under budget.
Keokuk Township is a township in Wapello County, Iowa, USA.
Adams Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Benton Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Clear Creek Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
East Lancaster Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Jackson Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Lafayette Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Plank Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Prairie Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Richland Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Sigourney Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
Van Buren Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
West Lancaster Township is a township in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA.
