Ottumwa
a city and county-seat of Wapello co., Ia.: on Des Moines river, and on the Burlington Route the Wa- OUDH bash, and other railroads; 75 miles W. of Burlington. The city has a United States Government Building, Normal School, business college, Hawkeye Hospital, court house, National and State banks, and daily and weekly newspapers.
It is in a rich coal region, and contains oil and starch mills, iron works, meatpacking plant, and numerous other industries. Pop. (1910) 22,012; (1920) 23,003.