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Washington County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 18, 1838
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Washington
- Largest city
- Washington
- Total
- 571 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Land
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,667
- Density
- 39.7/sq mi (15.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- washingtoncounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Washington
- Capital
- Washington
- Population
- 22565
- Area
- 571
- Shares border with
- Iowa County
- Official website
- co.washington.ia.us
- Image
- Washington County Courthouse, Iowa.jpg
- Households
- 8876
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- Commons category
- Washington County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Iowa
- native label
- Washington County
- per capita income
- 30390
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,565. The county seat and the largest city is Washington. Washington County is included in the Iowa City metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.