Dubuque

Dubuque, capital of a county of the same name, in Iowa, United States, 198 miles north-west of Chicago. It is on the right bank of the Mississippi, and is partly upon bluffs 200 feet above the river, which is here crossed by an iron railway bridge. There are Roman Catholic and Episcopalian bishops, and many churches, a city hall, a custom house, and a German Presbyterian seminary. It is the centre of the north-western lead region, and owes its name to a Frenchman who settled here for lead mining in 1788. It has some manufactures and considerable trade.