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What is now Anamosa was founded as the settlement of Buffalo Forks in 1838 and incorporated as Lexington in 1856. Lexington was a very popular name for towns at that time, so when Lexington chose to become incorporated as a city in 1877, the name was changed to Anamosa to avoid mail delivery confusion. There are many different stories on how Anamosa was chosen as a name, but all of them center around a local Native Americans in the United StatesNative American girl named Anamosa, which means white fawn. There is a romantic legend of the native girl Anamosa in which she and her lover from a rival tribe throw themselves off a bluff overlooking the Wapsipinicon, near the site of the future town. Anamosa was named the Pumpkin Capital of Iowa by the Iowa State Legislature in 1993 and subsequently hosts Pumpkinfest, a pumpkin festival and weigh-off, every year in October. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamosa%2C_Iowa
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