Sac County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 15, 1851
- Named after
- Sac and Fox Nation
- Seat
- Sac City
- Largest city
- Sac City
- Total
- 578 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 575 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,525
- Density
- 17.1/sq mi (6.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .saccountyiowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Sac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,814. The county seat and the largest city is Sac City. Both were named for the Sauk people, a local Native American tribe.
In February 2007, in its third annual list of the “Best Places to Live in Rural America”, Progressive Farmer magazine placed Sac County as #7 in the overall rankings. In 2009, the magazine ranked Sac County as the tenth "Best Place" in the Midwest Region.