Sioux City
a city and county-seat of Woodbury co., Ia.; on the Missouri river, and on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, the Illinois Central, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Great Northern, SIOUX FALLS and and other railroads; 100 miles N. of Omaha. Here are Morningside College, Trinity College, a high school, college of medicine, a city normal school, St. Joseph, Samaritan, German Lutheran and St.
Vincent hospitals, United States government building, public library, sanitariroad and electric light plants, several road and electric light plants, several National and private banks, and numer- ous daily and weekly periodicals. The United States census for 1914 reported manufacturing establishments, employing $22,610,000 capital, and having a combined output valued at $49,452,000. The city contains large slaughtering and meatpacking plants, flour mills, gas engine works, candy factories, brick works, and the general shops of several railroads.
Pop. (1910) 47,823; (1920) 71,227.