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Jones County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 21, 1837
- Named after
- George Wallace Jones
- Seat
- Anamosa
- Largest city
- Anamosa
- Total
- 577 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 576 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Water
- 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,253
- Density
- 35.8/sq mi (13.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .jonescountyiowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George W. Jones
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Anamosa
- Capital
- Anamosa
- Population
- 20646
- Area
- 1494
- Shares border with
- Delaware County
- Official website
- www.jonescountyiowa.org
- Image
- Jones-court-house.jpg
- Households
- 8186
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- Commons category
- Jones County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Jones County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-12-21
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jones County, Iowa
- different from
- Jones County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Jones County
- per capita income
- 29560
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Encyclopedic overview
Jones County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 20,646. The county seat and the largest city is Anamosa. The county was founded in 1837 and named after George Wallace Jones, a United States senator and member of Congress.
Jones County is included in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jones County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.