DES MOINES
Polk County Seat • Iowa Capital City
Incorporated on September 22, 1851
Des Moines is located on, and named after, the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning “River of the Monks”.
A small part of Des Moines extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to “Des Moines” in 1857. Because of its growing insurance industry, Des Moines’ nickname is: “Hartford of the West”. Hartford, Connecticut is nicknamed the “Insurance Capital of the World”.
Des Moines is a major center of the U.S. insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city was credited as the “number one spot for U.S. insurance companies” in a Business Wire article and named the third-largest “insurance capital” of the world.
The City of Des Moines is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, Allied Insurance, Ruan Transportation, TMC Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, Fidelity & Guaranty Life, GuideOne Insurance, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, Cognizant, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto, and Corteva have large operations in or near the metropolitan area.
In recent years, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Facebook have built data-processing and logistical facilities in the Des Moines area. Tech jobs have increased in the Des Moines area in recent years.
Des Moines’ local residents, local businesses, and neighborhoods embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity, unity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people as well as many genuine historic business-friendly ethno-diverse communities.
The city of Des Moines encourages its local residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, beauty, healthcare, legal services and tourism. Des Moines’ economic growth and prosperity in these areas has had a unifying effect on local city residents and local businesses.
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