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Poweshiek County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Poweshiek, Meskwaki chief
- Seat
- Montezuma
- Largest city
- Grinnell
- Total
- 586 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Land
- 585 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Water
- 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,368
- Density
- 31.9/sq mi (12.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- poweshiekcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Malcom
- Capital
- Montezuma
- Population
- 18662
- Area
- 1518
- Elevation
- 293
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Iowa County
- Official website
- www.poweshiekcounty.org
- Image
- Poweshiek County IA Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7827
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- Commons category
- Poweshiek County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Poweshiek County, Iowa
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Poweshiek County
- per capita income
- 34576
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Encyclopedic overview
Poweshiek County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 18,662. The county seat is Montezuma. The county is named for the chief of the Meskwaki who signed the treaty ending the Black Hawk War. It lies along Interstate 80 between Des Moines and Iowa City. Poweshiek County's largest city is Grinnell.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poweshiek County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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