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Howard County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Tilghman Howard
- Seat
- Cresco
- Largest city
- Cresco
- Total
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 473 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,415
- Density
- 20.0/sq mi (7.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- howardcounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard County is a county located in the US state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,469. The county seat and the largest city is Cresco. The county was founded in 1851; it was named for General Tilghman Ashurst Howard, a Representative of Indiana.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howard County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.