Elkader
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city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Clayton
- Named after
- Emir Abdelkader
- Total
- 1.37 sq mi (3.54 km )
- Land
- 1.37 sq mi (3.54 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 814 ft (248 m)
- Density
- 884.2/sq mi (341.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-24690
- Website
- elkader-iowa .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Abdelkader El Djezairi
- Official name
- Elkader
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clayton County
- Population
- 1209
- Area
- 3.600581
- Elevation
- 223
- Capital of
- Clayton County
- Official website
- www.elkader-iowa.com
- Image
- Downtown Elkader.jpg
- Households
- 642
- Dialing code
- 563
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- postal code
- 52043
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- Commons category
- Elkader, Iowa
- twinned administrative body
- Mascara
- topic's main category
- Category:Elkader, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 29031
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Encyclopedic overview
Elkader /ɛlˈkeɪdər/ is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,209 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 1,465 in 2000. It is the county seat of Clayton County. It is the site of Iowa's lowest recorded minimum temperature, −44 °C (−47 °F) on February 3, 1996.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elkader” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.