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Also known as West Des Moines, Iowa, West Des Moines, IA, Valley Junction, Iowa, Valley Junction

city in Polk, Dallas, Warren, and Madison counties, Iowa, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Iowa
Counties
Polk , Dallas , Warren , Madison
Townships
Walnut , Bloomfield , Boone , Linn , Lee
Incorporated
October 9, 1893
Mayor
Russ Trimble
Mayor pro tem
Greg Hudson
City council
Renee Hardman , Doug Loots , Matthew McKinney , Kevin Trevillyan
City manager
Tom Hadden
U s congress
Zach Nunn (R)
City
48.22 sq mi (124.88 km )
Land
47.24 sq mi (122.34 km )
Water
0.98 sq mi (2.54 km )
Elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Rank
US: 554th, IA: 6th
Density
1,454.8/sq mi (561.72/km )
Metro
655,409 ( 87th )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( CST )

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Wikidata facts

Official name
West Des Moines
Located in
Polk County
Population
68723
Area
102.251766
Elevation
291
Official website
www.wdm-ia.com
Image
HistoricValleyJunction.jpg
Households
29440
Dialing code
515
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postal code
50266
Commons category
West Des Moines, Iowa
topic's main category
Category:West Des Moines, Iowa
inception
1893-00-00
water as percent of area
2.2568
per capita income
45768
located in the statistical territorial entity
Des Moines metropolitan area
category of associated people
Category:People from West Des Moines, Iowa
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Encyclopedic overview

West Des Moines is a city in Iowa, United States. Most of the city is in Polk County, some of it is in Dallas County, and small portions extend into Warren and Madison Counties.

As of the 2020 census, the city population was 68,723. West Des Moines is the second most populous city in the Des Moines metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in Iowa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Des Moines” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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