Keokuk, Iowa

Keokuk, Iowa
City
Main Street (January 2009)
Nickname(s):  "The Gate City", "Power City", "Geode Capital of The World"
Location within Lee County and Iowa
Coordinates: 40°23′50″N 91°23′06″W / 40.39722°N 91.38500°W / 40.39722; -91.38500[1]
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Lee
Founded	1832
Incorporated	December 13, 1848[2]
Government
• Mayor	Kathie Mahnoey
Area [3]
• Total	10.55 sq mi (27.32 km2)
• Land	9.10 sq mi (23.57 km2)
• Water	1.45 sq mi (3.75 km2)
Elevation [1]	568 ft (173 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	9,900
• Estimate  (April 2022)[4]	9,623
• Density	1,088/sq mi (420.08/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	52632
Area code	319
FIPS code	19-40845
GNIS feature ID	[1]
Website	cityofkeokuk.org

Keokuk /ˈkiːəkʌk/ is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States.^[5] It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the 2020 census.^[6] The city is named after the Sauk chief Keokuk, who is recognized with a statue 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, along with the city of Fort Madison, is a principal city of the Fort Madison-Keokuk micropolitan area, which includes all of Lee County, Iowa, Hancock County, Illinois and Clark County, Missouri.