My fellow nerdy earthlings, Iowa earthlings more specifically, certainly you're aware of the most famous Iowan? No, not John Wayne. Uh-uh, it's not Herbert Hoover either, nor this Ashton fella. It's the one and only
James Tiberius Kirk. Captain of the USS Enterprise. Now, I know he's not real, though to space nerds everywhere he's still a very important character.
Kirk's not real, but don't tell that to Riverside
Kirk's fictitious birthplace is Riverside, Iowa. Riverside is about 15-miles south of Iowa City. While the original Star Trek series, which debuted in 1966, had Kirk born in the small Iowa town on March 22, 2233, Riverside took this very seriously.