Ames

Ames
Ames is a beautiful name, like the city itself, which is situated in the Central American State of Iowa, and it is almost 30 miles north of Des Moines in Story County. It has the considerable growth as one of the main cities of the 'Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area' which covers almost all of Story County, Iowa.

The population of the city was 50,731, according to the 2000 census. Ames is definitely the largest city in Story County, but still the county seat is reserved for Nevada, almost 8 miles east of Ames.

Ames has the honor of presenting to the world, with the Iowa State University, which has the leading Design, Engineering, Science, and Agriculture colleges. Ames also provides the chance for the conduct of Straw Poll, which is highly important for the Republican Party presidential nomination process.

Ames was founded in the year of 1864, for the sole purpose of having a station stop on the Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad. The name was an inspiration by a famous 19th century U.S. congressman Oakes Ames of Massachusetts; he had been a really influential person for the idea and act of building of the transcontinental railroad.

Ames was developed near an ideal location of a railroad crossing on the banks of the Skunk River. There are lots of recreational activities and annual festivals, being held in the city for the fun loving inhabitants as well as for the tourists.

The city has built a large resource recovery plant. The whole trash of the city is collected and sent to the plant for recycling. The heavy things like glass, metals and other things are removed, and the light trash is used as a fuel to produce the power. The total area the city is 21.6 square miles.

Ames has formed a great name in the field of producing great educational institutes, of the greatest ones is the Iowa State University of Science & Technology, there is a space grant college, the states land-grant university, formerly known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

There are several of the great closely interlinked important offices and departments of the country, being present in the city, like the Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center, the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and the main offices of the Iowa State Department of Transportation. The basic professional structure of the local community is directly linked with the state and federal institutions of the city.

It is really worth mentioning here, about the scope of the Iowa State University (ISU) of Ames city. The first campus building was furnished in the 1850's.

At present, Iowa State has more than 60 buildings, which include a recreation center, residence halls, a student union, and many buildings with special reference to ISU's many different majors.

Lowa State generally offers the educational services to more than 26,856 students from the region and across the whole United States.