Sioux City, capital of Woodbury county, Iowa, on the east bank of the Missouri River (here crossed by a bridge 2000 feet long), 128 miles (by rail) above Omaha and 512 W. by N. of Chicago. It has good public buildings and schools, great stock-yards and packing-houses, railway-shops, planning and spice mills, and manufactures linseed-oil, vinegar, flour, doors and sashes, &c. Pop. (1880) 7366; (1890) 37,806.
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