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Fayette County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 21, 1837 (created), August 26, 1850 (organized)
- Named after
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Seat
- West Union
- Largest city
- Oelwein
- Total
- 731 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Land
- 731 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Water
- 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km ) 0.07%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,047
- Density
- 26.7/sq mi (10.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- fayettecounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 19509
- Area
- 1894
- Official website
- fayettecountyiowa.org
- Image
- CourthouseSquare.jpg
- Households
- 8215
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- Commons category
- Fayette County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- native label
- Fayette County
- per capita income
- 28269
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Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,509. The county seat is West Union.
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