Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Lucas
- Total
- 3.77 sq mi (9.76 km )
- Land
- 3.77 sq mi (9.76 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,040 ft (320 m)
- Density
- 1,112.7/sq mi (429.61/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-12720
- Website
- www .chariton .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Chariton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lucas County
- Population
- 4193
- Area
- 9.884681
- Elevation
- 313
- Capital of
- Lucas County
- Official website
- www.chariton.org
- Image
- NRHP 06000774 Hotel Charitone - Chariton Iowa - 10-2-2016-4890.jpg
- Households
- 1862
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- Commons category
- Chariton, Iowa
- postal code
- 50049
- inception
- 1850-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25991
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Chariton (/ˈʃɛərɪtən/ SHAIR-it-ən) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,193 at the 2020 census. Chariton is the primary distribution center for and the former corporate headquarters of the Hy-Vee supermarket chain.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chariton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.