List of Iowa placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Iowa whose names are derived from Native American languages.

State

 * Iowa – from Lakota ayúhwa, via French Aiouez.

Counties

 * Allamakee County
 * Appanoose County
 * Cherokee County – named after the Cherokee people.
 * City of Cherokee
 * Chickasaw County – named after the Chickasaw people.
 * Keokuk County – named after the Sauk chief Keokuk.
 * City of Keokuk
 * Mahaska County
 * Muscatine County
 * Osceola County – named after the Seminole leader Osceola
 * City of Osceola
 * Pocahontas County
 * Pottawattamie County
 * Poweshiek County
 * Sac County
 * Sioux County – named after the Sioux nation
 * Sioux City
 * City of Little Sioux, Iowa
 * Big Sioux River
 * Little Sioux River
 * Tama County
 * Wapello County – named after Wapello, a Meskwaki chief
 * Winnebago County
 * Winnebago River
 * Winneshiek County

Communities

 * Iowa City
 * Iowa River
 * Upper Iowa River
 * Algona
 * Anamosa – named after the legend of a local Native American girl
 * Battle Creek – named for a skirmish between Native American tribes near the stream.
 * Camanche, named after the Camanche
 * Chillicothe
 * Coon Rapids
 * Coon Creek
 * Dakota City
 * Decorah
 * Hiawatha
 * Jamaica
 * Kanawha
 * Keomah Village
 * Lake Keomah
 * Lake Keomah State Park
 * Keosauqua – named after the Meskwaki and Sauk name for the Des Moines River.
 * Keota
 * Lakota
 * Lehigh
 * Maquoketa
 * Maquoketa Caves State Park
 * Ocheyedan
 * Ocheyedan River
 * Pocahontas

Bodies of water

 * Canoe Creek
 * Ioway Creek
 * Kanaranzi Creek
 * Maquoketa River
 * Little Maquoketa River
 * Mississippi River
 * Missouri River
 * Nishnabotna River
 * Nodaway River
 * Raccoon River
 * Wapsipinicon River