Burlington

Des Moines County, IA

Population

23,976

Walk Score

78 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$902

Median home value

$111,600

Founded

1833

Burlington is a city in and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,982 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area, which includes West Burlington and Middletown, Iowa, and Gulfport, Illinois. Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, the crookedest street on earth.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Aspen Grove Cemetery Historic District · listed 2022
Crapo Park and Arboretum Historic District · listed 1976
Downtown Commercial Historic District · listed 2015
Heritage Hill Historic District · listed 1982
Manufacturing and Wholesale Historic District · listed 2012
Snake Alley Historic District · listed 1975
Starker-Leopold Historic District · listed 1983
West Jefferson Street Historic District · listed 1991

Notable landmarks

Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Passenger Station · listed 1976
Burlington High School · listed 2024
Burlington Public Library · listed 1975
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Freight House · listed 1983
Cascade Bridge · listed 1998
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Station · listed 2002
Church of St. John the Baptist · listed 1982
Darwin, Mary, House · listed 1980
Des Moines County Court House · listed 2003
Dodge, Augustus Caesar, House · listed 1980
First Congregational Church · listed 1976
Forney, James M., House · listed 1986
German Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 1977
Hedge Block · listed 1982
Hotel Burlington · listed 1987
Jagger-Churchill House · listed 1982
Lagomarcino-Grupe Company · listed 2013
Mac Arthur Bridge
Schramm Building · listed 1999
Snake Alley · listed 1974
The Capitol Theater · listed 1996
White, Abiathar and Nancy, House · listed 2014

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