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Ames, IA 50010
Ames,
Iowa
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Ames is a city
in Story County, Iowa, United States. It is
the principal city of the 'Ames, Iowa
Metropolitan Statistical Area' which
encompasses all of Story County, Iowa and
which, when combined with the 'Boone, Iowa
Micropolitan Statistical Area', comprises
the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined
Statistical Area'.
As of the 2000 Census, the city population
was 50,731. The city was named after 19th
century U.S. congressman Oakes Ames of
Massachusetts, who was influential in the
building of the transcontinental railroad.
Ames was founded near a location that was
deemed favorable for a railroad crossing of
the Skunk River. It is located roughly 30
miles (48 km) north of the state capital Des
Moines. Two small rivers run through the
town: the Skunk River and Squaw Creek.
Ames is home of Iowa State University of
Science & Technology, a space grant college,
at its founding, the state's (Morrill Act)
land-grant university, formerly known as the
Iowa State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. Ames is the home of the
closely allied U.S Department of
Agriculture's National Animal Disease
Center, and the main offices of the Iowa
state Department of Transportation. State
and Federal institutions are the largest
employers in Ames.
Other area employers include a 3M
manufacturing plant; Sauer-Danfoss, a
hydraulics manufacturer; Barilla, a pasta
manufacturer; Pella a window manufacturer;
and Ball, a manufacturer of canning jars and
plastic bottles.
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