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Clarke County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 13, 1846
- Named after
- James Clarke
- Seat
- Osceola
- Largest city
- Osceola
- Total
- 432 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,574
- Density
- 22.6/sq mi (8.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- clarkecounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Clarke
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Osceola
- Capital
- Osceola
- Population
- 9748
- Area
- 1118
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- www.clarkecountyiowa.org
- Image
- Clarke County, Iowa Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3950
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- different from
- Clarke County
- Commons category
- Clarke County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Clarke County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Clarke County
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- per capita income
- 28723
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarke County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,748. The county seat is Osceola. The county was formed in January 1846, one of twelve counties established by legislative action in a comprehensive act. It was named for James Clarke, a Governor of the Iowa Territory.
History
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