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Pocahontas County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 15, 1851 (created), May 11, 1859 (organized)
- Named after
- Pocahontas
- Seat
- Pocahontas
- Largest city
- Pocahontas
- Total
- 578.657 sq mi (1,498.71 km )
- Land
- 577.241 sq mi (1,495.05 km )
- Water
- 1.416 sq mi (3.67 km ) 0.24%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,819
- Density
- 12.26/sq mi (4.734/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- pocahontascounty.iowa.gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Pocahontas County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,078, and was estimated to be 6,819 in 2025, making it the ninth-least populous county in Iowa. The county seat and the largest city is Pocahontas.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pocahontas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.