West Branch Wedding

West Branch is a city in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,188 at the 2000 census.

President Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch in 1874. The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum was dedicated here by Hoover and his dear friend, President Harry Truman, in 1962. The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, which includes the Library-Museum, the Hoover Birthplace Cottage and the gravesites of President and Lou Henry Hoover, was authorized by Congress on August 12, 1965.

West Branch is also the hometown of former PGA golfer Dave Rummells, and former NFL All-Pro Tight End Marv Cook, a 1983 graduate of West Branch High School.

The West Branch Community School District has about 800 students and includes three schools: Hoover Elementary, West Branch Middle School and West Branch High School.

The West Branch Bears boys golf team has won four state championships, and the football team has won three state championships, in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

The city's industrial park is home to a major distribution center of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble. The building is 550,000 square feet and as of fall 2006, is undergoing an expansion.