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Decatur County
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county in Iowa, United States
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.