Jackson County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 21, 1837
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Seat
- Maquoketa
- Largest city
- Maquoketa
- Total
- 650 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 584 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 69 sq mi (180 km ) 10.63%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,288
- Density
- 33.4/sq mi (12.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- jacksoncounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Maquoketa
- Capital
- Maquoketa
- Population
- 19485
- Area
- 1683
- Shares border with
- Jones County
- Official website
- www.co.jackson.ia.us
- Image
- Jackson County Courthouse - Maquoketa, Iowa.JPG
- Households
- 8183
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- Commons category
- Jackson County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Jackson County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jackson County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 10.63
- native label
- Jackson County
- per capita income
- 30694
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,485. The county seat is Maquoketa.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.