CEDAR FALLS

cedar falls, a city of black hawk county, iowa, u.s.a., on the cedar river, about 100 m. w. of dubuque. pop. (1890) 3459; (1900) 5319; (1905, state census) 5329 (872 being foreign-born); (1910) 5012. it is served by the chicago, rock island & pacific, the illinois central, the chicago great western, and the waterloo, cedar falls & northern railways. its manufactures include flour, ground feed, other cereal preparations, hardware specialties, canned vegetables (especially indian corn), and planing-mill products. it is the seat of the state normal school (1876), and has a public library. the settlement of the place, the oldest in the county, was begun in 1847; it was laid out as a town in 1851, incorporated as a village in 1857, chartered as a city in 1865, and for a short time in 1853 was the county-seat.