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Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk
is a city and a county seat of
Lee County
,
Iowa
,
United States
, along with
Fort Madison
. It is also the most southerly city in Iowa. The population was 10,780 at the
2010 census
. The city is named after the
Sauk
chief
Keokuk
, who is thought to be buried in Rand Park. It is located in the extreme southeast corner of Iowa where the
Des Moines River
meets with the
Mississippi
. It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes
61
,
136
and
218
. Just across the rivers are the towns of
Hamilton
and
Warsaw, Illinois
, and
Alexandria, Missouri
.
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