Mason City, Iowa, United States

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city

Mason City, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the hometown of composer and playwright Meredith Willson, creator of the musical "The Music Man."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mason City, Iowa	7
Mason City, Iowa, United States canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
architecturalStyleNotedFor	Prairie School ⓘ surface form: Prairie School architecture
areaCode	641 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Cerro Gordo County ⓘ
culturalEvent	Music Man-related festivals and events ⓘ
demographics	population around 27,000–30,000 in early 21st century ⓘ
economy	regional center for health care, retail, and manufacturing ⓘ
foundedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport	Mason City Municipal Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction	Historic Park Inn Hotel ⓘ Lime Creek Nature Center ⓘ MacNider Art Museum ⓘ Meredith Willson Boyhood Home ⓘ Music Man Square ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	North Iowa Area Community College (near Mason City) ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Historic Park Inn Hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Meredith Willson ⓘ other regional political and sports figures from Mason City ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict	Mason City Community School District ⓘ
knownFor	being the hometown of Meredith Willson ⓘ inspiration for River City in the musical "The Music Man" ⓘ
locatedIn	Cerro Gordo County, Iowa ⓘ surface form: Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States
locatedInRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Winnebago River ⓘ
namedAfter	Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) ⓘ
nickname	River City ⓘ
partOf	United States Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area (Mason City micropolitan area) ⓘ
postalCode	50401 ⓘ
region	northern Iowa ⓘ surface form: North Central Iowa
role	county seat of Cerro Gordo County ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
transportation	served by Interstate 35 (nearby access) ⓘ served by U.S. Route 18 ⓘ