Adel: Ay- DELL
Allamakee: Aal -uh-muh-KEY (NOTE: Al as in "Call Me Al")
Amish: AY-mish
Arispe: uh-RISS-pee
Atalissa: at-uh-LISS-uh
Audubon: AW-duh-bin
Ayrshire: AIR- "sure" ("air" like the stuff we breathe; sure like the sher in "Sherman")
Bondurant: BONN-durr-RANT
Bremer: BREE-mer
Buena Vista: BYOO-nuh VIH-stuh
Calamus: CAAL-uh-muhss ("Cal" as in California or Calvin)
Calmar: CAAL-mer ("Cal" as in California or Calvin)
Camanche: cuh- MAANCH
Chariton: SHARE-ih-ton
Charlotte: sharr- LOTT
Cherokee: chair-uh-KEE
Chillicothe: chill-uh-KAW-thhee
Churdan: shur-DAAN
Clermont: Clare - mont
Clutier: clue - teer
De Witt:Most residents say simply Duh WITT, with a schwa vowel in the first syllable; but some say "Dee Witt," as follows:
Decorah: dih - CORE - uh or duh-CORE-uh (short "schwa" as the first vowel) - though some residents say dee-CORE-uh as follows:
Delhi: DELL- high
Delmar: DELL- mer (although some say DELL- mar)
Delphos: DELL- fooss[the second syllable rhymes more with "foot" than with "dose"]
Des Moines: di Moyn (or de moyn - that is, a "schwa" in the first vowel - or deh moyn) [For both the state capital, in the center-west of the state, and Des Moines County, in the far southeast, do not say the letter "s" - that letter is silent. And no vowel in the word should rhyme with "say," But what is the first vowel? I hear a short "schwa" in the county, and a short "ih" in the city - but Wikipedia hears a short "deh," rhyming with "meh," and I sometimes hear that in the city.]
Dewar: DO -er
Dubuque: dih-BYOOK
Dysart: DIE- zert
Earlham: ERL-uhm
East Peru: East Pee-roo
Elkader: el-KAY-der
Ely: EEE-lee