Lee County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 7, 1836
- Seat
- Fort Madison and Keokuk
- Largest city
- Fort Madison
- State representatives
- Blaine Watkins , Matthew Rinker
- State senator
- Jeff Reichman
- Total
- 539 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 518 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Water
- 21 sq mi (54 km ) 4.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 32,306
- Density
- 64.8/sq mi (25.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .leecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lee County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,555. The county seats are Fort Madison and Keokuk: it is the only county in Iowa with more than one county seat. Lee County is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA–IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was established in 1836.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.