Council Bluffs, Iowa

City
	Location in Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°15′50″N 95°53′45″W / 41.26389°N 95.89583°WCoordinates: 41°15′50″N 95°53′45″W / 41.26389°N 95.89583°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Pottawattamie
Incorporated	January 19, 1853
Area
• City	45.67 sq mi (118.29 km2)
• Land	42.96 sq mi (111.27 km2)
• Water	2.71 sq mi (7.02 km2)
Elevation	978 ft (298 m)
Population (2020)
• City	62,799
• Rank	10th in Iowa
• Density	1,461.73/sq mi (564.38/km2)
• Metro	967,604 (57th)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	51501-51503
FIPS code	19-16860
GNIS feature ID	2393650
Website	councilbluffs-ia.gov

Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs
and Omaha, Nebraska

Council Bluffs is a city in southwest Iowa in the United States, near Omaha, Nebraska.

Population

Historical population
Year	Population	±%
1860	2,011	—
1870	10,020	+398.3%
1880	18,063	+80.3%
1890	21,474	+18.9%
1900	25,802	+20.2%
1910	29,292	+13.5%
1920	36,162	+23.5%
1930	42,048	+16.3%
1940	41,439	−1.4%
1950	45,429	+9.6%
1960	55,641	+22.5%
1970	60,348	+8.5%
1980	56,449	−6.5%
1990	54,315	−3.8%
2000	58,268	+7.3%
2010	62,230	+6.8%
2020	62,799	+0.9%
Iowa Data Center^[6] Source: U.S. Decennial Census^[7]^[8]

Courthouse, Council Bluffs, 1915
Pierre-Jean De Smet's map of the Council Bluffs area, 1839The area labeled Caldwell's Camp was a Potawatomi village led by Sauganash, near the site of Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs.
Lincoln Memorial at Council Bluffs, marking where President Abraham Lincoln was said to have selected the site as the eastern terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Grenville M. Dodge House (1869) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Downtown Council Bluffs looking west along East Broadway
Bayliss Park in downtown Council Bluffs
The Golden Spike Memorial was dedicated in 1939 during the world premiere of Union Pacific at milepost 0 of the transcontinental railroad
Fishermen on the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, facing the Union Pacific Bridge