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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
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- West Union
- Capital
- West Union
- Population
- 19509
- Area
- 1894
- Shares border with
- Delaware County
- Official website
- fayettecountyiowa.org
- Image
- CourthouseSquare.jpg
- Households
- 8215
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- Commons category
- Fayette County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Fayette County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fayette County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- native label
- Fayette County
- per capita income
- 28269
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fayette County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.