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Story County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Joseph Story
- Seat
- Nevada
- Largest city
- Ames
- Total
- 574 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 573 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Water
- 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 101,291
- Density
- 172/sq mi (66.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .storycountyiowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Joseph Story
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Nevada
- Capital
- Nevada
- Population
- 98537
- Area
- 1486
- Shares border with
- Boone County
- Official website
- www.storycountyiowa.gov
- Image
- Story County, Iowa Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 37997
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- Commons category
- Story County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Story County, Iowa
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Story County, Iowa
- different from
- Storey County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Story County
- per capita income
- 31037
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Encyclopedic overview
Story County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,537, making it the ninth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Nevada and the largest city is Ames. The geographical center of Iowa lies in Story County, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Ames. Story County comprises the Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA Combined Statistical Area. The county is home to Iowa State University in Ames.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Story County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.