Henry County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 7, 1836
- Named after
- Henry Dodge
- Seat
- Mount Pleasant
- Largest city
- Mount Pleasant
- Total
- 437 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Land
- 434 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,349
- Density
- 47.2/sq mi (18.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- henrycounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,482. The county seat is Mount Pleasant. The county was named for General Henry Dodge, governor of Wisconsin Territory.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.