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