Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Audubon, IA

Audubon is a city and the county seat of Audubon County in west-central Iowa, and both the city and the county are named for John James Audubon, the famed ornithologist and artist behind The Birds of America.

Audubon was laid out by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad on September 23, 1878, and an auction of town lots on October 15, 1878 brought in $6,190.

The railroad was completed to Audubon on December 6, 1878, and within ten days the new town already had more than fifty houses, a bank, five general stores, two hotels and a school house.

Voters approved moving the county seat from Exira to Audubon in the 1879 general election, and the city was incorporated on December 2, 1880.

The 2020 census counted 2,053 people living in Audubon in 930 households, down from the city's peak of 2,928 residents in 1960.

Audubon's most famous landmark is Albert the Bull, a 30-foot-tall, 45-ton statue billed as the world's largest bull, which has greeted motorists on U.S. Highway 71 since 1964.

Albert the Bull was named for local banker Albert A. Kruse, who led area cattle producers on 'Operation T-Bone' train trips to the Chicago livestock markets.

Audubon celebrates its beef heritage every August with Operation T-Bone, a festival that includes the T-Bone feeders' auction.

Every April, Audubon also holds a John James Audubon festival in honor of the town's namesake.

The Audubon post office contains a federally commissioned 1942 mural, 'Audubon's Trip Down the Ohio and Mississippi - 1820,' painted by Virginia Snedeker.