Editing Waukon, Iowa

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Waukon, Iowa
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_blank_emblem = WaukonIAlogo.png
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| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Waukon City Hall in 2020
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| map_caption        = Location of Waukon within County and State
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| map_caption1       = Detailed local map of Waukon
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| subdivision_name   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Iowa]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Iowa|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Allamakee County, Iowa|Allamakee]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of townships in Iowa|Townships]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Makee Township, Allamakee County, Iowa|Makee]], [[Union Prairie Township, Allamakee County, Iowa|Union Prairie]], [[Jefferson Township, Allamakee County, Iowa|Jefferson]], [[Ludlow Township, Allamakee County, Iowa|Ludlow]]
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| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1849
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = April 4, 1883
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| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_19.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 7.35
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3827
| population_density_km2 = 520.99
| population_density_sq_mi = 1349.44
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| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
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| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 1263
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|15|50|N|91|28|55|W|region:US-IA|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 52172
| area_code          = [[Area code 563|563]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 19-82740
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website            = [http://www.cityofwaukon.com/ cityofwaukon.com]
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}}

'''Waukon''' is a city in [[Makee Township, Allamakee County, Iowa|Makee Township]], 
[[Allamakee County, Iowa|Allamakee County]], [[Iowa]], United States, and the [[county seat]] of Allamakee County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  The population was 3,827 at the time of the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

==History==
Waukon is often said to be named for [[Waukon Decorah]],<ref>Virgil J. Vogel, ''Indian names on Wisconsin's map'' (University of Wisconsin Press, 1991), 61.</ref> a [[Ho Chunk]] (Winnebago) leader who was a U.S. ally during the 1832 [[Black Hawk War]], although the city is also said to be named for his son Chief John Waukon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Winnebago tribe leaves Iowa legacy: Chief's descendant researches history |author=Val Swinton |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFE79A5FE0DCF1&p_docnum=1 |newspaper=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) |date=August 16, 1994 |access-date=December 24, 2010}}</ref> Winnebagos lived in this area of Iowa in the 1840s, before being forced to relocate to Minnesota.

The first white settler arrived in 1849, and the city was founded and the Waukon Post Office opened in 1853.<ref>Waukon Post Office, in the [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1948866 USGS Geographic Names Information System]</ref>  A courthouse was completed in 1861, and the county seat was moved to Waukon in 1867 after 8 elections attempting to decide the location of the county seat.<ref name=chronology>W. E. Alexander, Chapter XII- Chronology, History of Allamakee County, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwinnesh00alex#page/464/mode/1up History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa], Western, Sioux City, 1882; pp. 463-464.</ref>  The city was incorporated on April 4, 1883.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240719142726/https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/IncCities.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=sos.iowa.gov}}</ref> Ryan Griffith was the first mayor of Waukon, winning the 1883 election by purely being a stud. He also had major help winning the campaign from Dr. Andrew Eisenhower Kovarik.<ref>Tom Savage, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DxagLIZHNv4C&pg=PA231 A Dictionary of Iowa Place Names], University of Iowa Press, 2007; p. 231.</ref>

Waukon is only about 16 miles from [[Waukon Junction, Iowa|Waukon Junction]], on the [[Mississippi River]], but the rail line between these two points was 33 miles long, climbing 600 feet through some of the roughest terrain in Iowa.<ref name=IowaWeatherAndCrop>Samuel Calvin, What Glaciers have done for Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bLceAQAAIAAJ&dq=waukon%20%20driftless&pg=RA3-PA62 Annual Report of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service, 1899] Conway, Des Moines, 1900; p. 62.</ref>  The [[Waukon and Mississippi Railroad]], which opened in 1877, was originally built as a [[narrow gauge]] line.<ref name=chronology />  The line was originally controlled by the [[Chicago and Northwestern]] but was quickly acquired by the [[Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway]].<ref>W. E. Alexander, Railroad History, Chapter VI, History of Winneshiek County, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwinnesh00alex#page/219/mode/1up History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa], Western, Sioux City, 1882; p. 219.</ref>  The line was widened to standard gauge after purchase by the Milwaukee Road.  Its only marginal traffic through its existence led to the road's abandonment in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://allamakeehistory.com/?p=56 |title=Grass Between The Rails |author=Rehder and Cook |publisher=Waukon & Mississippi Press |date=December 1972 |access-date=June 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325221723/http://allamakeehistory.com/?p=56 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:MississipiValleyIronWaukon.jpg|thumb|The Mississippi Valley Iron Co. ore processing plant in 1918.]]
There is a deposit of [[limonite]] (Iron Ore) about 3 miles northeast of Waukon called Iron Mine Hill, holding an estimated 10 million tons of ore.  This is the highest point in northeastern Iowa.  the Waukon Iron Company began developing an open-pit mine and ore-washing plant on this site in 1899, with a capacity of 300 tons per 10-hour shift.  Production was seriously limited by the need to haul the ore 3 miles to the railroad, and the mine was, ultimately, a failure.<ref>S.W. Beyer, Iowa's Iron Mine, [https://books.google.com/books?id=aAwAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA142 The Iowa Engineer], Vol. 1, No. 4 (March 1902); p. 142–150.  The article includes photos.</ref>

A second and better capitalised attempt to mine this deposit was begun in 1907 by the Missouri Iron Company, with a railroad connection built in 1910 and a new ore processing plant completed in 1913 with a capacity of 350 to 400 tons per day.<ref>Ellison Orr, Iron Hill, Chapter VIII -- Geology of Allamakee County, [https://archive.org/stream/pastpresentofall01hanc#page/n108/mode/1up Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa, Vol. 1], Ellery M. Hancock, ed., S.J. Clarke, Chicago, 1913; pp. 99–102.</ref><ref>Jesse V. Howell, Treatment of the Ore, The Iron Ore Deposits Near Waukon Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=e0s4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA84 Annual Report, 1914, with Accompanying Papers], Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, 1916; pp. 84–92.  The photo of the plant on page 85 is noteworthy.</ref>  The total investment was estimated at $225,000,<ref>Ernest Wander, [http://hdl.handle.net/10355/27044 The Goltra Process of Concentrating Iron Ores as Developed at Waukon, Iowa], Thesis, School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri, Rolla, 1917; p. 49.  The author of this thesis appears to have worked for both the Waukon Iron Company and the Missouri Iron Company.</ref> and two patents were issued for the machinery in the ore processing plant.<ref>Robert W. Erwin, Apparatus for Treating Ores Preparatory to Magnetic Separation, [https://www.google.com/patents?id=ZN5ZAAAAEBAJ U.S. Patent 1,295,719]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Feb. 25, 1919.</ref><ref>Edward F. Goltra, Thomas S. Maffitt, Jesse E. Dana, and Robert W. Erwin, Apparatus for Cleaning Clayey Ores, [https://www.google.com/patents?id=DmZGAAAAEBAJ U.S. Patent 1,288,404]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Dec. 17, 1918.  The drawings in this patent closely match the actual layout of the mill buildings and therefore serve as an explanation of what was inside those buildings.</ref>  This mine became the principal mine of the new Mississippi Valley Iron Company of [[St. Louis, Missouri]] in 1916.<ref>Furnace Revival in St. Louis, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lu0cAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA281 The Iron Age], Vol. 97, No. 4 (January 27, 1916); p. 281</ref>

That year, the mine produced 10,151 tons of concentrated ore, and in 1917, it produced 22,612 tons.<ref>Ernest F. Burchard, Iron Ore, Pig Iron and Steel,[https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA584 Mineral Resources of the United States 1917, Part I Metals], H. D. McCaskey, ed., Government Printing Office, 1921; p. 584.</ref>  In 1918 the mine produced over 7000 tons before it was shut down because of [[World War I]].<ref>James H. Lees, [https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/igsar/article/id/847/ Mineral Production in Iowa for 1917 and 1918], Annual Report, 1918, with Accompanying Papers, Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, 1922?; p. 48.</ref>

The mine never recovered from this shutdown, and the equipment was sold for scrap in 1937.<ref>Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ViVxbZuzXzcC&pg=PA435 Iowa -- A Guide to the Hawkeye State], Iowa State Historical Society, 1938; p. 435.</ref>  Iron Mine Drive and Allamakee Street cross north of the sites of both old mines ({{coord|43|17|53.62|N|91|27|35.85|W|region:US}}).<ref>the former strip mines are visible in the USGS 1m resolution LIDAR image from [http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/client.cgi?zoom=2&x0=624836&y0=4795687&layer=lidar_hs&action=pan&pwidth=600&pheight=600&x=334&y=577 Iowa Geographic Map Server]</ref>

==Geography==
The headwaters of the north branch of [[Paint Creek (Iowa)|Paint Creek]] are in Waukon, and the town is just south of the headwaters of [[Village Creek (Allamakee County, Iowa)|Village Creek]].<ref>Samuel Calvin, Drainage, Geology of Allamakee County, [https://books.google.com/books?id=d5cRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA50 Third Annual Report, 1894], Iowa Geological Survey, 1895; pp. 50–51.</ref> This is on the west edge of the deeply eroded [[Driftless Area]] of northeast Iowa.<ref name=IowaWeatherAndCrop /> The town sits on a plain underlain by the [[Galena Limestone]] formation. There are many [[sinkhole]]s in this plain south of Waukon. To the north, a tongue of Galena Limestone underlies Iron Hill.<ref>Jesse V. Howell, The Galena Formation, The Iron Ores of Iron Hill Near Waukon Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PejoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA50 Annual Report with Accompanying Papers, 1914], Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, 1916; pp. 50–51.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.82|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-05-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-07-02}}</ref>
{{wide image|Waukon, Iowa.jpg|400px|[[Iowa Highway 9]] running through town|100%|center
|alt=Waukon, Iowa with Iowa State Highway 9 running through town}}

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
| location = Waukon, Iowa (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1934–present)
| single line = Y
| width = auto
| collapsed = Y
| Jan record high F = 59
| Feb record high F = 68
| Mar record high F = 82
| Apr record high F = 91
| May record high F = 92
| Jun record high F = 96
| Jul record high F = 106
| Aug record high F = 100
| Sep record high F = 99
| Oct record high F = 91
| Nov record high F = 75
| Dec record high F = 63
| year record high F = 106

|Jan avg record high F = 43.0
|Feb avg record high F = 47.5
|Mar avg record high F = 66.9
|Apr avg record high F = 79.0
|May avg record high F = 85.1
|Jun avg record high F = 90.3
|Jul avg record high F = 91.1
|Aug avg record high F = 89.9
|Sep avg record high F = 86.3
|Oct avg record high F = 80.8
|Nov avg record high F = 62.7
|Dec avg record high F = 47.8
|year avg record high F = 92.9

| Jan high F = 24.0
| Feb high F = 29.0
| Mar high F = 41.5
| Apr high F = 55.7
| May high F = 67.5
| Jun high F = 77.3
| Jul high F = 81.3
| Aug high F = 79.0
| Sep high F = 72.2
| Oct high F = 58.7
| Nov high F = 42.5
| Dec high F = 29.4
| year high F = 54.8
| Jan mean F = 16.2
| Feb mean F = 20.5
| Mar mean F = 32.2
| Apr mean F = 45.0
| May mean F = 56.6
| Jun mean F = 67.5
| Jul mean F = 71.5
| Aug mean F = 69.1
| Sep mean F = 61.4
| Oct mean F = 48.7
| Nov mean F = 34.5
| Dec mean F = 22.2
| year mean F = 45.5
| Jan low F = 8.4
| Feb low F = 12.0
| Mar low F = 22.8
| Apr low F = 34.3
| May low F = 45.7
| Jun low F = 57.7
| Jul low F = 61.6
| Aug low F = 59.3
| Sep low F = 50.7
| Oct low F = 38.7
| Nov low F = 26.5
| Dec low F = 15.0
| year low F = 36.1

|Jan avg record low F = -14.9
|Feb avg record low F = -11.9
|Mar avg record low F = 4.2
|Apr avg record low F = 22.6
|May avg record low F = 31.7
|Jun avg record low F = 44.5
|Jul avg record low F = 50.0
|Aug avg record low F = 49.6
|Sep avg record low F = 35.5
|Oct avg record low F = 24.3
|Nov avg record low F = 8.2
|Dec avg record low F = -5.6
|year avg record low F = -18.2

| Jan record low F = −31
| Feb record low F = −34
| Mar record low F = −21
| Apr record low F = 2
| May record low F = 24
| Jun record low F = 32
| Jul record low F = 40
| Aug record low F = 38
| Sep record low F = 25
| Oct record low F = 15
| Nov record low F = −13
| Dec record low F = −27
| year record low F = −34
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.23
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.25
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.03
| Apr precipitation inch = 4.06
| May precipitation inch = 4.66
| Jun precipitation inch = 5.92
| Jul precipitation inch = 4.73
| Aug precipitation inch = 4.70
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.92
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.85
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.27
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.57
| year precipitation inch = 39.19
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= nws >
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=arx
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00138755&format=pdf
| title = Station: Waukon, IA
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 25, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Waukon historical population
|type= USA
|align= 
|width= 
|state= Iowa
|shading= 
|percentages= 
|1880|1350
|1890|1610
|1900|2153
|1910|2025
|1920|2359
|1930|2526
|1940|2972
|1950|3158
|1960|3639
|1970|3883
|1980|3983
|1990|4019
|2000|4131
|2010|3897
|2020|3827
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source: {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}}
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|census of 2020]],<ref name="2020-census-1982740">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census: Waukon city, Iowa |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1982740&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> the population was 3,827. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,349.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,939 housing units at an average density of {{convert|683.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.2% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 2.7% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-05-11}}</ref> of 2010, there were 3,897 people, 1,781 households, and 1,008 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1381.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,946 housing units at an average density of {{convert|690.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 1,781 households, of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.4% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.77.

The median age in the city was 45.8 years. 20.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.7% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 24% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,131 people, 1,790 households, and 1,068 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,404.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,909 housing units at an average density of {{convert|649.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.73% of the population.

There were 1,790 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.89.

Age spread: 22.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 24.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,325, and the median income for a family was $41,068. Males had a median income of $27,532 versus $18,833 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,047. About 8.3% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Waukon airport.jpg|thumb|Waukon airport]]
Waukon Family Aquatic Area: The aquatic pool is the main attraction in Waukon's park. Also in the park is a small area with a lake, as well as some playgrounds. The park also includes a campground and some softball/athletic fields.

==Education==
[[File:Waukon schools.jpg|thumb|[[Waukon High School|Waukon high school]], middle, and elementary school]]

The [[Allamakee Community School District]] operates local [[state school|public]] schools, which include two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_ALLAMAKEE_0.pdf|title=ALLAMAKEE|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> A Catholic-church-affiliated private elementary school also operates in Waukon.

==Media==

===Newspaper===
''[[Waukon Standard]]''

===Radio===
* [[KNEI-FM]] 103.5 Bluff Country

==Notable people==

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*[[Dudley W. Adams]], [[horticulturalist]] who led the [[granger movement]]
*[[Mark Farley]], head football coach at the [[University of Northern Iowa]]
*[[Bess Goodykoontz]], educator and federal official
*[[Gregory D. Hager]], famous professor at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]
*[[Isaiah H. Hedge]], MD, abolitionist, early donor to [[Bates College]], physician
*[[Levi M. Hubbell]], politician and businessman<ref>'Annals of Iowa,' Vol X, No. 1, 3rd Series, Notable Deaths, pg. 75</ref>
*[[Hugh Kidder]], officer in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during [[World War II]]
*[[Edward P. Ney]], famous professor at the [[University of Minnesota]]
*[[Cletus F. O'Donnell]], second [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison]]
*[[Michael Osterholm]], [[public health|public-health]] scientist and [[biosecurity]] and infectious-disease expert
*[[Joseph Taggart]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
Reference No. 17 Should read Jesse D. Dana. Jesse Dwight Dana of St. Louis (1877 - 1921)

==External links==
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{{Portal|Iowa}}  
*[http://www.cityofwaukon.com City of Waukon]
*[http://www.waukon.org Waukon Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.city-data.com/city/Waukon-Iowa.html City-Data] Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Waukon
*[http://www.allamakeehistory.com Allamakee History]

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