Flag History
The women of Iowa were instrumental in finally determining a state flag. A design submitted to the governor by Mrs. Dixie Gebhardt, of The Daughters of the American Revolution of Iowa, was selected. Created from the state seal, she used the flaying eagle holding a scroll in its beak. On the scroll is the state motto. To recall Iowa's purchase through the Louisiana Purchase from France, the three bold vertical stripes, blue, white and ed, are arranged as in the French flag.
Flag Adopted: 1921
State Nickname: The Hawkeye State
State Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
Area: 56,275 square miles
Approximate Population: 3 million
Capital: Des Moines
Largest City: Des Moines
Major Products: corn, soybeans, livestock, coal
State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
State Tree: Oak
State Flower: Wild Rose
