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We would like to provide the residents of  Ottumwa  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Ottumwa Home page. The Ottumwa Home page provides as much information as possible on Ottumwa. Knowing Ottumwa’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Ottumwa’s Home page, you will also find Ottumwa’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Ottumwa has a population of 24505. 49.8% of Ottumwa’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.2 are female. 45.4% of Ottumwa is married and 61.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $74,986, and the average rent is $765. Household median income in Ottumwa is $42,418, and the individual median income is $26,415. Ottumwa’s Ethnic is the following: White(82.8%), Hispanic(14.8%), Other(5.3%), Black(5.2%), Multiple(3.6%), Asian(1.8%), Pacific(1.1%), Native(0.2%).


The city's name derives from Native American Sac and Fox, alternatively Meskwaki, language. The English language translation is generally presumed to refer to the Appanoose Rapids of the Des Moines River, as "tumbling waters" or similar. Earlier version of the name were suffixed by the Sac word for place, noc.Alternative translations of the Native American name include: Place of Perseverance or Self will Place of Hermits Place of the lone chief


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