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100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN
4 pages in 2021
10000 SF OF SPEC BUILDING
50 pages in 2021
10000 SF SPEC BUILDING
50 pages in 2021
11TH ST SE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
4 pages in 2022
120 8TH AVE NE
4 pages in 2021
1978 OELWEIN WATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO 1 1978
16 pages in 2022
1978 WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HYDRANT AND VALVE REPLACEMENT
2 pages in 2022
1981 OELWEIN ST IMPROVEMENTS
6 pages in 2022
1982 OELWEIN ST IMPROVEMENTS SOUTH FREDERICK
4 pages in 2022
1982 OELWEIN ST IMPROVEMENTS SOUTH FREDERICK AND 7TH ST SW
2 pages in 2022
1995 PARK RD AND 20TH ST SE WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
12 pages in 2022
1995 PARK RD AND 20TH ST SE WATERMAIN AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
14 pages in 2022
1995 PARK ROAD AND 20TH ST SE WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
12 pages in 2022
1ST AVE NE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO 04153 MS
2 pages in 2022
1ST AVE SE WATER MAIN EXT
4 pages in 2022
2013 VARSITY SOFTBALL FIELD PROJECT
32 pages in 2021
209 7TH AVE SW
10 pages in 2021
21 1ST STREET NE RETAIL SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OELWEIN IA
90 pages in 2021
24 1ST STREET SE RETAIL SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOLLAR TREE
90 pages in 2021
2ND STREET SE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
28 pages in 2022
35 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT
58 pages in 2021
3RD AVE
2 pages in 2022
3RD AVE SE WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
18 pages in 2022
3RD AVE SW
2 pages in 2022
3RD AVE SW SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT
2 pages in 2022
46 6TH ST NW
2 pages in 2021
4TH ST NW AND GREAT WESTERN AVE
2 pages in 2022
8TH AVE NE
2 pages in 2022
8TH AVE SE WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
36 pages in 2022
ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE
424 pages from 2021 to 2022
ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE FACILITY RENOVATION PROJECT
8 pages in 2021
ADDITION AND RENOVATION FOR COMMUNITY BANK OF OELWEIN
36 pages in 2021
ADDITION TO DONALDSON COMPANY INC
46 pages in 2021
ADDITION TO DONALDSON COMPANY INC_1
40 pages in 2021
ADDITION TO DONALDSON COMPANY INC_2
60 pages in 2021
ADDITION TO THE DONALDSON COMPANY INC
26 pages in 2021
ADDITION TO THE DONALDSON COMPANY INC_1
26 pages in 2021
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FAC CITY OF OELWEIN 1992
14 pages in 2022
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
54 pages in 2022
ANNEXATION
106 pages in 2021
APPROVED PETROLEUM PARCELS
8 pages in 2021
ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY STORE
12 pages in 2021
ASHLEY INDUSTIRAL MOLDING INC IOWA PLANT
8 pages in 2022
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
6 pages in 2021
AUTOZONE
10 pages in 2021
Bidding requirements and contract documents for Two pressure zones water main Fox Engineering
608 pages in 2022
Bidding requirements and contract documents for Two pressure zones water main Fox Engineering Addendumn 2
22 pages in 2022
BOULDERS INN AND SUITES FOOTING AND FOUNDATION
28 pages in 2021
BROWN CHIROPRACTIC
12 pages in 2021
BUFFALO RUN
28 pages in 2021
CITY LAUNDERING
18 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN
6 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN 1ST AVENUE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS
78 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN EIGHTH ST SEWER
24 pages in 2022
CITY OF OELWEIN OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
2 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN OFFICIAL ZONING MAP 2007
2 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN PCC PAVEMENT REPLACE PROJECT NO STP 4 5657 608 70 33
78 pages in 2022
CITY OF OELWEIN PLAT BOOK
118 pages in 2021
CITY OF OELWEIN WATER SUPPLY NODE MAP
8 pages in 2021
CITY SEAL DRAFT
2 pages in 2022
CONAGRA FOODS
28 pages in 2021
Craig Skott Architects Project Manual Grandview Healthcare Center Therapy Addition
542 pages in 2022
DENTAL OFFICE BUILDING DR AL KRUGER
4 pages in 2021
DOLLAR TREE
40 pages in 2021
DOLLAR TREE_1
40 pages in 2021
DONALDSON CO ADDITION
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DONALDSON COMPANY ADDITION TO EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTEM
16 pages in 2021
DR BERRYMAN DENTAL OFFICE
34 pages in 2022
DRY RUN CREEK
28 pages in 2021
DRY RUN CREEK OELWEIN IA LOCAL FLOOD PROTECTION
28 pages in 2022
EIGHT ST SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
8 pages in 2022
EIGHTH AVE SW
2 pages in 2022
EMERGENCY CHANNEL REPAIRS
66 pages in 2021
EMERGENCY CHANNEL REPAIRS PL 84 99
2 pages in 2022
EPA INVESTIGATION OF DUMP SITE ON BONTRAGER PROPERTY
14 pages in 2021
FAYETTE CLAYTON COUNTIES ACC RESURFACING PROJECT NO STPN 3 7 26 2J 33
124 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY 1A 150 OVER DRY RUN CREEK 40 0 BY 48 CONCRETE SLAB BRIDGE WITH TWO SIDEWALKS
24 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY ACC RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT NO STP 4 5657 1 70 33
60 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY BRIDGE ON RELOCATED IA 150 OVER DRY RUN CREEK PROJECT NO F 150 4 34 20 33
52 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY GRADING AND R C B CULVERT PROJECT NO M 5181 203 81 33 M 5181 2 81 33
38 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY GRADING DRAINAGE AND PCC PAVING DRY RUN CREEK BRIDGE ON FREDERICK AVE PROJECT NO FN 150 4 35 21 33
48 pages in 2022
FAYETTE COUNTY GRADING FCC PAVING 7TH ST SW FROM 6TH AVE SW TO SOUTH FREDERICK PROJECT NO M 5170 1 81 33
18 pages in 2022
FINAL ASSESMENT PLAT
2 pages in 2022
FIRE PROTECTION
4 pages in 2022
FIRST AVE SE SIXTH ST TO THIRD ST
2 pages in 2022
FISCAL YEAR 1993 S FREDERICK AVE 6TH ST NE AND 7TH ST NE WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS
34 pages in 2022
FISCAL YEAR 1994 9TH ST NE WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS
18 pages in 2022
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP
30 pages in 2021
Floodplain Management Desk Reference Iowa Department of Natural Resources April 2003
976 pages in 2022
Floodplain Management Desk Reference Iowa Department of Natural Resources June 1 2001
934 pages in 2022
FOURTH AVE SW AND MULFORD DR
2 pages in 2022
GOULDSBURG CAMPGROUND IMPROVEMENTS
2 pages in 2021
GRANDVIEW HEALTHCARE CENTER REMODEL
10 pages in 2021
GRANDVIEW HEALTHCARE CENTER THERAPY ADDITION
12 pages in 2021
GRANDVIEW HEALTHCARE CENTER THERAPY ADDITION_1
12 pages in 2021
HALLMARK APARTMENT COMPLEX
14 pages in 2021
Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module B
188 pages in 2022
Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module C
356 pages in 2022
Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module D
592 pages in 2022
Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module E
432 pages in 2022
Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module F
386 pages in 2022
HIDDEN LOCH ESTATES
2 pages in 2021
HMA PAVING ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE
8 pages in 2021
HORKHEIMER DEVELOPMENT
4 pages in 2021
HUSKY CONSTRUCTION OELWEIN SCHOOLS
6 pages in 2021
INDUSTRIAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS FIRST ADDITION
6 pages in 2022
Iowa DOT 1995 Iowa Weather and Navigational Aid Plan
364 pages in 2022
IOWA HEALTH PHYSICIANS OELWEIN FAMILY MEDICINE
52 pages in 2021
KIDS PLAYGROUND
4 pages in 2021
KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
20 pages in 2021
KMART
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KRUGER RESIDENCE
8 pages in 2021
KWIK TRIP KWIK STAR
28 pages in 2021
LEOS RESTAURANT
2 pages in 2021
LPW PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
4 pages in 2021
LPW PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT_1
14 pages in 2021
MAP OF OELWEIN
2 pages in 2021
MAPLE GROVE ADDITION
8 pages in 2021
MCDONALDS
16 pages in 2021
MCDONALDS 2011 REMODEL BUILDING
70 pages in 2021
MCDONALDS COMBINED BEVERAGE BUSINESS ADDITION
16 pages in 2021
MCDONALDS RESTAURANT 2011 REMODEL
70 pages in 2021
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCANS SISTERS
4 pages in 2021
N FREDERICK AND ELMWOOD SANITARY SEWER IMP
32 pages in 2021
N FREDERICK AND ELMWOOD SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
32 pages in 2021
N FREDERICK WATER MAIN REPAIR
6 pages in 2022
Narrative Report Airport Layout Plan for Oelwein Municipal Airport
68 pages in 2022
NEW FACILITY FOR OELWEIN GALLERY LLC
32 pages in 2021
NEW SERVICE FACILITY FOR ALLIANT ENERGY
62 pages in 2021
NEXTEL PARTNERS INC
40 pages in 2021
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS FACILITIES
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN AREA ENRICHMENT CENTER
154 pages in 2021
OELWEIN AREA ENRICHMENT CENTER AND OELWEIN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
198 pages in 2021
OELWEIN AREA ENRICHMENT CTR AND OELWEIN SCHOOL IMP
14 pages in 2021
OELWEIN BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT HAZARDOUS AND PETROLEUM PARCELS
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN BROWNFIELDS PLANNING
10 pages in 2021
OELWEIN CEMETERY MAP
4 pages in 2021
OELWEIN CITY HALL RENOVATIONS
4 pages in 2021
OELWEIN COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
8 pages in 2021
OELWEIN COMMUNITY PLAZA AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
42 pages in 2021
OELWEIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2015 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
10 pages in 2021
Oelwein Community School District Facilities Improvement
422 pages in 2022
OELWEIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL LOBBY AND WEIGHT ROOM RENOVATION
26 pages in 2021
OELWEIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM RENOVATIONS
16 pages in 2021
OELWEIN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATION
72 pages in 2021
OELWEIN CSD LOCKER RENOVATIONS
22 pages in 2021
OELWEIN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PHASE 1
58 pages in 2021
OELWEIN ENRICHMENT CENTER
24 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER
72 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER WINGS PARK POOL IMPROVEMENT
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER_1
26 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FAUS PROJECT RT NO 5170
6 pages in 2022
OELWEIN FDC PROJECT MASS GRADING PLAN
42 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FIRE STATION
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN FIRE STATION AND CITY HALL RENOVATION
16 pages in 2021
OELWEIN IND PARK AS BUILT
8 pages in 2022
OELWEIN INDUSTRIAL PARK
34 pages in 2021
OELWEIN INDUSTRIAL PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS PLAN
102 pages in 2021
OELWEIN IOWA MAP
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
614 pages in 2021
OELWEIN MUNICIPAL WATER PARK
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
118 pages in 2021
OELWEIN POLICE DEPARTMENT_1
38 pages in 2021
OELWEIN POLICE DEPARTMENT_2
18 pages in 2021
OELWEIN POLICE DEPT
98 pages in 2021
OELWEIN POLICE DEPT ELECTRICAL SITE PLAN
12 pages in 2021
OELWEIN PUBLIC LIBRARY
334 pages in 2021
OELWEIN RECREATIONAL TRAIL REDGATE PARK TO LEVINE PARK
26 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER NO 1 1977 4TH AVE NE
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER REHAB ADDENDUM NO 2
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER REHAB ADDENDUM NO 2_1
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER REHAB PHASE 2
12 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM REHAB PHASE 2
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM REHAB PHASE 4
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING II
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN SITE PLAN PRELIM DEV STUDY
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN SPORTS COMPLEX
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN SW BYPASS
2 pages in 2022
OELWEIN SW PARK
2 pages in 2021
OELWEIN TENNIS COURTS
14 pages in 2021
OELWEIN WATER SEWER AND STREET IMP INDUSTRIAL PARK
8 pages in 2021
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
8 pages in 2021
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP CITY OF OELWEIN 2003 OCTOBER REVISION
2 pages in 2021
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP REVISED SEPT 11 2003
2 pages in 2021
OPIC BUILDING RENOVATION
8 pages in 2021
OSAGE COMMUNITY DAYCARE
84 pages in 2021
OTTER CREEK
26 pages in 2021
PAMIDA
4 pages in 2021
PAMIDA LIQUOR STORE
16 pages in 2021
PARKVIEW ADDITION
2 pages in 2021
PERFORMANCE REHAB
34 pages in 2021
PERFORMANCE REHAB AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
18 pages in 2021
PERFORMANCE REHAB AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY_1
18 pages in 2021
PETE AND DOTS PENHOLLOW ROYCE AND NANCY
10 pages in 2021
PHASE 2 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
82 pages in 2022
PHASE ONE FIELD REVIEW FREDERICK AVE
12 pages in 2021
PIZZA HUT
34 pages in 2021
Pizza Hut Remodel
28 pages in 2022
PIZZA RANCH
34 pages in 2021
PRAIRIEVILLAGE OF OELWEIN
14 pages in 2022
PRELIMINARY PLAT EDGEWATER ESTATES
2 pages in 2021
PRELIMINARY PLAT WINGS EAST ADDITION
14 pages in 2022
Project Manual Bridge 351_31 Replacement
330 pages in 2022
Project Manual Oelwein Enrichment Center and Oelwein School Additions Volume 1 of 2 No 5
1,646 pages in 2022
Project Manual Oelwein Enrichment Center and Oelwein School Additions Volume 1 of 2 No 98
1,658 pages in 2022
Project Manual Osage Community Daycare
1,238 pages in 2022
PROPOSED CONCEPT KEY
4 pages in 2021
PROPOSED MANUFACTURED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
4 pages in 2021
PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER EXT EAST SIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST
2 pages in 2022
Rams - Rebid Regional Academy for Math and Science
680 pages in 2022
REGIONAL BICYCLE FACILITIES PLAN
18 pages in 2021
REHAB WORKSHEET 3RD ST SE
2 pages in 2022
RELIEF INTERCEPTOR SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS 1961
2 pages in 2022
RELOCATION OF IA 150 FROM SOUTH OF BUCHANAN CO LINE TO 2ND ST NE IN OELWEIN PROJECT NO F 150 4 29 20 33
94 pages in 2022
RESIN PROJECT
52 pages in 2021
SANITARY SEWER AND WATER MAIN
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER AND WATER PLANS SCHULZS SECOND ADDITION 2005
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER EXT 1964
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER EXT 1964_1
12 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER EXT AND STREET GRADES STEWARTS SECOND ADDITION
28 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER EXT LINE 1
6 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER EXT PROJECT NO 1 1976
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS 1966
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER REHAB
20 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER REHAB PHASE 2
12 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER REHAB PHASE II
12 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER REHAB_1
8 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER REPAIRS SECOND ST AND THIRD AVE NE
6 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER SEWER SERVICE AND WATER SERVICE REPLACEMENT FIRST AVE
12 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER TO WINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2 pages in 2022
SANITARY SEWER WATER AND STREET DESIGN MANSONS FIRST ADDITION
2 pages in 2022
Semaan Engineering Solutions 500 ft Guyed Tower Structural Analysis and Modification Package
68 pages in 2022
SEVENTH AVE SW
2 pages in 2022
SEWER AND WATER WINGS EAST ADDITION
2 pages in 2022
SEWER SYSTEM
128 pages in 2022
SMITH BROS 6TH ADDITION
2 pages in 2022
SOUTH FREDERICK
2 pages in 2022
SOUTH FREDERICK AVE IA 150 FROM 8TH ST SW TO 5TH ST SW
18 pages in 2022
Specifications for Oelwein Municipal Airport Paving Improvements
402 pages in 2022
STATE OF IOWA MAP
6 pages in 2021
STRAWN RESIDENCE
14 pages in 2021
STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO 1 1994
10 pages in 2022
SUBWAY
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SUBWAY_1
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SUCKOW CONCRETE
24 pages in 2021
SUCKOW CONSTRUCTION INC
66 pages in 2021
SUCKOW CONSTRUCTION INC TRANSCO
76 pages in 2021
SUPER 8 MOTEL
40 pages in 2021
TONYS PIZZA
6 pages in 2021
TRANSCO WASH STATION UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS
34 pages in 2022
TWO PRESSURE ZONES BOOSTER STATION
42 pages in 2022
TWO PRESSURE ZONES WATER MAIN
114 pages in 2022
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION PROPOSED HWY IMPROVEMENT S FEDERICK AVE IA 150
4 pages in 2022
WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OELWIEN IA 2004
132 pages in 2022
WATER AND SEWER PROJECT OELWEIN SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING
2 pages in 2022
WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER EXT S FREDERICK AVE FROM 20TH ST TO HWY 281
36 pages in 2022
WATER MAIN AND STREET PLANS MAYNERS FIRST ADDITION
2 pages in 2022
WATER MAIN RELOCATION 13TH AVE NW
2 pages in 2022
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES
16 pages in 2022
WATER SEWER AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS WILDWOOD LANE
20 pages in 2022
WATER STREETS AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS 10TH STREET SE
8 pages in 2022
WATER WORKS IMPROVEMENT SECTION III
2 pages in 2022
WATER WORKS IMPROVEMENTS SECTION III
2 pages in 2022
WATER WORKS IMPROVEMENTS STANDARD DETAILS
4 pages in 2022
WEST CHARLES 1981 OELWEIN ST IMPROVEMENTS
2 pages in 2022
WINGS EAST ADDITION
12 pages in 2022
WINGS EAST ADDITION_1
10 pages in 2022
WINGS PARK ELEMENTARY RENOVATION
12 pages in 2021
WOODLAWN CEMETARY
8 pages in 2021
WOODLAWN CEMETERY
4 pages in 2021
WOODLAWN CEMETERY_1
4 pages in 2021
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Historical Documents
Project Manual Oelwein Enrichment Center and Oelwein School Additions Volume 1 of 2 No 98 (2022) Project Manual Oelwein Enrichment Center and Oelwein School Additions Volume 1 of 2 No 5 (2022) Project Manual Osage Community Daycare (2022) Floodplain Management Desk Reference Iowa Department of Natural Resources April 2003 (2022) Floodplain Management Desk Reference Iowa Department of Natural Resources June 1 2001 (2022) Rams - Rebid Regional Academy for Math and Science (2022) Oelwein Municipal Airport (2021) Bidding requirements and contract documents for Two pressure zones water main Fox Engineering (2022) Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module D (2022) Craig Skott Architects Project Manual Grandview Healthcare Center Therapy Addition (2022) Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module E (2022) ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE (2021-2022) Oelwein Community School District Facilities Improvement (2022) Specifications for Oelwein Municipal Airport Paving Improvements (2022) Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module F (2022) Iowa DOT 1995 Iowa Weather and Navigational Aid Plan (2022) Hawkeye Community College Reserve Officer Training Module C (2022)
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About The Oelwein Public Library
The Oelwein Public Library serves the community with a broad range of media, programs, and technologies to encourage life-long learning, satisfy curiosity, and stimulate imagination. The library promotes community through opportunities to gather, create, and discuss. With a mission to provide a welcoming space for learning, engagement, and community connection, the Oelwein Public Library is dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of its patrons.
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The History Of The City of Oelwein
Oelwein, Iowa, has a rich and storied history. The city was established in 1873 and incorporated as a town in 1888, with Dr. I. Pattison becoming its first mayor. By 1890, the census recorded a population of 830, which grew to 1,928 by 1895. Oelwein was incorporated again as a city in 1897. The city's growth was significantly influenced by the establishment of the Chicago Great Western Shops in 1899, which brought the population to 5,000 by 1900. The city suffered major setbacks in 1887 when a fire destroyed nearly all of the old Main Street business district, and again in 1968 when a tornado caused significant damage, destroying the junior high school, a grade school, two churches, and many homes and businesses. Despite these challenges, Oelwein has continued to thrive and grow, maintaining its status as a vital community in Fayette County.
About the Community
About The City of Oelwein
Oelwein is a city located in Fayette County, Iowa, known for its rich history and strong community spirit. The city was named after the Oelwein family, although the land was initially entered by J. B. Burch in 1852. The establishment of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Minnesota Railroad played a crucial role in Oelwein's development, absorbing the businesses and significance of nearby Otsego. Today, Oelwein continues to honor its past while looking towards the future. Local landmarks, historical sites, and community events reflect the vibrant culture and history of the city. The Oelwein Public Library plays a significant role in preserving this history, offering residents access to a wealth of local historical resources.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the city of Oelwein was originally established due to the foresight and actions of Dr. I. Pattison, who moved the post office from Otsego to Oelwein when the railroad was established? Additionally, Oelwein was incorporated twice, first as a town in 1888 and then as a city in 1897, reflecting its rapid growth and development during that period. These unique aspects of Oelwein's history highlight the city's dynamic and resilient nature.
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Research Guidance
Follow a property description carefully
Choose a name, place, event, or subject connected with Oelwein, then look for a matching lead in land and property records from the City of Oelwein. Record the source details where available and separate what the item says from the wider story you hope to understand. Note the recorded date, location, parcel, or legal description where supplied. A deed or assessment reflects a particular record and purpose; it does not by itself establish continuous ownership, modern boundaries, or market value.
Record the document type and date with any property detail. If an assessment, deed, or map serves a different purpose, do not combine its figures or descriptions as though they measure the same thing.
Keep the title, date, page, or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help connect a local story to its evidence and show what remains uncertain.
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