Sioux City

Sioux City, city, seat of Woodbury County, western Iowa, a port on the Missouri River, at its junction with the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers; incorporated 1857. A processing, shipping, and commercial center of a grain and livestock area, it has large stockyards, an important grain market, and meat-packing industries dating from about 1870. Fertilizers, concrete items, and computer hardware and software are also produced here. It is the seat of Morningside College (1893) and Briar Cliff College (1929); a symphony orchestra performs here. The Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 buried Sergeant Charles Floyd here; a monument marks the grave. The community was settled in 1849 and grew rapidly after the arrival of the railroad in 1868. The city is named for the Sioux people. Population 82,003 (1980); 80,505 (1990); 85,013 (2000); 83,148 (2005 estimate).