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• Riverside is dubbed "Where the Trek begins," since it is the birthplace of fictional Star Trek character Captain James T. Kirk. The small southeastern Iowa city holds an annual "Trek Fest" during the summer, and even has a USS Enterprise replica renamed the "USS Riverside" to celebrate this distinction. In 2005, William Shatner played a hoax on the town as part of the Spike TV reality show "Invasion Iowa."

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  1. Country: United States
  2. State: Iowa
  3. County: Washington
  4. Currency: US Dollar (USD)
  5. Area code: 319
  6. Mayor: Bill PochCity of Riverside: Mayor/City Council
  7. Population: 965 (2007)U.S. Census Bureau: Riverside city, Iowa Population
  8. Time Zone: CST, CDT
  9. Birthplace of Captain Kirk on March 22, 2233Iowa Beautiful: In The Future - Captain Kirk's Birthplace - Riverside, IA
  10. The Trek Fest held here every year was a proposed theme for an annual festival approved in March 1985Humboldt Online Travel Journal: Deep Space Iowa: The Captain Kirk Museum
  11. Gaming was approved by Washington County voters in 2005 and is located in rural RiversideCity of Riverside: City of Riverside - Home

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