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  1. Grinnell (/ ɡ r ɪ ˈ n ɛ l / gri-NELL) is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,564 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is best known for being the home of Grinnell College , as well as being the location of the Merchants' National Bank building, designed by famous architect Louis Sullivan .

  2. No Flag. The city of Grinnell has informed me that it does not have a flag. Valentin Poposki, 31 March 2010 , 31 March 2010

  3. Accessed 11 August 2024. Grinnell, city, Poweshiek county, east-central Iowa, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) east-northeast of Des Moines. It was founded by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a Congregational clergyman, abolitionist, congressman, and railway promoter from Vermont, to whom Horace Greeley, the American journalist, made.

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  4. Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-student ratio of American liberal arts colleges, enabling need-blind admissions and substantial academic merit scholarships to boost socioeconomic diversity.

  5. Jul 27, 2024 · Iowa was under French rule twice before becoming a state. It was annexed formally by France in 1682, ceded to Spain in 1762, and returned to France in 1800. In 1803, it passed to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Iowa's flag colors, similar to France's own national flag, were chosen to signify France's part in what is now Iowa.

  6. International Student Affairs. Gallery of Flags. Grinnell’s Gallery of Flags hangs above the Spencer Grill in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center. A plaque on the east wall of the Spencer Grill provides a key to the countries and corresponding flags. These flags represent the different nationalities of the current Grinnell student body.

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