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Decatur County
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county in Iowa, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 391 inbound references to Decatur County, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, United States Census Bureau and city.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IA.
Vinony files it under 1846 establishments in Iowa Territory, Decatur County, Iowa and Iowa counties.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 13, 1846 (created), May 6, 1850 (organized)
- Named after
- Stephen Decatur Jr.
- Seat
- Leon
- Largest city
- Lamoni
- Total
- 533 sq mi (1,380 km )
- Land
- 532 sq mi (1,380 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,655
- Density
- 14.4/sq mi (5.55/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .decaturcountyiowa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen Decatur
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Leon
- Capital
- Leon
- Population
- 7645
- Area
- 1381
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- www.decaturcountyiowa.org
- Image
- Decatur County IA Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3242
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- Commons category
- Decatur County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Decatur County, Iowa
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- different from
- Decatur County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Decatur County
- per capita income
- 23469
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Encyclopedic overview
Decatur County (/dɪˈkeɪtər/) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,645. The county seat is Leon. This county is named for Stephen Decatur Jr., a hero in the War of 1812.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Decatur County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.