Van Buren County
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The courthouse in Keosauqua is the second-oldest continuously operational courthouse in the U.S. The Hotel Manning, along the river, was built in 1898. Lacey-Keosauqua State Park is Iowa's largest.
Keosauqua is pronounced kee-uh-SAH-kwuh.
River towns on the Des Moines.
County seat right on the water.
Just over nine hundred folks.
Only two in the state are smaller.
Steamboats were here long ago.
Oldest courthouse in the state.
Dates from Eighteen forty-three.
Burlington's not far away.
Keosauqua and Selma and Douds.
Stoplights have not been approved.
Bentonsport and Bonaparte.
No place to buy your fast food.
Stop at the Manning Hotel.
Riverboat Gothic's the style.
Biggest state park in the state.
You can go hiking for miles.