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Charles City| City in north-central Iowa, USA, on the Cedar River, 40 km/25 mi southeast of Mason City; seat of Floyd County; population (1990) 7,900. A trading centre for an agricultural region, it began with a sawmill in 1851. Charles City is the birthplace of the tractor (an annual tractor festival is held in celebration); Charles City still manufactures farm machinery and is the home of the New Idea plant. The production of veterinary medicines and fertilizers are also important. |
| The 1906 Floyd County suspension bridge is on the national register of historic places, as is the home of Carrie Chapman Catt, a pioneer of the women's movement in the USA. |
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| For example, as this is being written the basis for corn at Charles City, Iowa is 59 cents under December futures. 2) Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Sussex Counties and Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond Cities City of Richmond 195,271 2,385 Total area actually 99. to construct and operate a commercial tire pyrolysis plant at TRI's existing tire recycling facility in Charles City, Va. |