Des Moines City

WHAT'S HERE
Arbor Peaks
Beaverdale
Capitol East
Capitol Park
Carpenter
Chautauqua Park
Cheatom Park
Douglas Acres
Downtown
Drake
Drake Park
East Lake Area
East Village
Ewing Woods-Evergreen
Fairground
Garton West
Grays Woods
Greenwood Historic District
Highland Park
Hillsboro
Ingersoll Park
Inianola Hills
King Irving
Kirkwood Glen
Laurel Hill
Linden Heights
Lower Beaver
Magnolia Park
Martin Luther King Jr Park
McKinley-Columbus Park
Meredity
Merle Hay
Mondamin Presidential
North of Grand
Oak Park
Pioneer Park
River Bend
Salisbury Oaks
Sherman Hill
Somerset
South Park
Southwestern Hills
Union Park
Valley High Manor
Waterbury
Waveland Park
Waveland Woods
Westwood
Woodland Heights

To Advertise Here
phone 215-295-6555

Des Moines City Hall is located at 400 Robert D Ray Drive, Des Moines IA 50309; phone: 518-283-4209.

In 1843 a military post was established at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. Shortly thereafter settlers began locating around the fort. By 1847 streets were being platted. In 1851 the town of Fort Des Moines was incorporated. In 1857 "Fort" was dropped from the name and the city was designated as the Iowa State capitol. The City enjoyed a boom after World War I which came to a halt with the 1929 stock market crash. Federal support for reconstruction through the 1930s saw the city get back on track and by 1941 Des Moines' population was 160,000. World War II. Currently (2007) the city's citizen number approximately 200,000. An internet search of home sales (January 2008) indicates the median asking price of a single family home in Des Moines is approximately $ 163,000.