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Mount Ayr
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human settlement in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Ringgold
- Total
- 2.72 sq mi (7.05 km )
- Land
- 2.70 sq mi (6.99 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 1,234 ft (376 m)
- Density
- 601/sq mi (232.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-54480
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Ayr is a city in and the county seat of Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,623 at the time of the 2020 census. Mount Ayr is a rural community in southwestern Iowa, 22 miles west of Interstate 35 on State Highway 2. Mount Ayr was founded in 1875 and the community was named in honor of poet Robert Burns’ birthplace in Ayr, Scotland. The “mount” was added to indicate its location on the highest point of land in the area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Ayr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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