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West Des Moines
Sign in to saveAlso 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 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- West Des Moines
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Polk County
- Population
- 68723
- Area
- 102.251766
- Elevation
- 291
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- 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.