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Taylor County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Zachary Taylor
- Seat
- Bedford
- Largest city
- Bedford
- Total
- 535 sq mi (1,390 km )
- Land
- 532 sq mi (1,380 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,835
- Density
- 11.1/sq mi (4.28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- taylorcounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zachary Taylor
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Bedford
- Capital
- Bedford
- Population
- 5896
- Area
- 1385
- Shares border with
- Worth County
- Official website
- www.taylorcountyiowa.org
- Image
- TAYLOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 2567
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Taylor County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Taylor County, Iowa
- different from
- Taylor County
- Commons category
- Taylor County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Taylor County
- inception
- 1847-00-00
- per capita income
- 31551
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Encyclopedic overview
Taylor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,896, making it the fourth-least populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Bedford. The county was formed in 1847 and named after General and President Zachary Taylor.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taylor County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.