New, Consolidated and Discontinued Cities

Iowa Authority

The City Development Board (CDP) in the Iowa Department of Economic Development has authority to act on petitions for municipal boundary changes including:

• Annexation (addition of territory to a city)
• Severance (deletion of territory from a city)
• Consolidation (combining of two or more cities into one city)
• Discontinuance (termination of a city)
• Incorporation (establishment of a new city)
  

Changes

Changes in the legal status of Iowa municipalities since 1980:

• New Incorporations
• Maharishi Vedic City (Jefferson County, 2001)
• Westwood (Henry County, 1982)
• Consolidations
• Melcher-Dallas (Marion County, 1986)
• Discontinuances
• Athelstan (Taylor County, 2004)
• Donnan (Fayette County, 1991)
• Green Island (Jackson County, 1993)
• Hurstville (Jackson County, 1985)
• Kent (Union County, 2003)
• Littleport (Clayton, 2005)
• Moneta (O'Brien County, 1999)
• Oneida (Delaware County, 1994)
• Plain View (Scott County, 1987)

More Information

For more information about the City Development Board, see:

• http://www.iowalifechanging.com/community/growthmgmt/cdb.html