Until about 1853 Council Bluffs was known as Kanesville. It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from Omaha, Nebraska. It is the most populous city in Southwest Iowa, as well as the third largest and a primary city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area. Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska Courthouse, 1915Ĭouncil Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.
