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Cherokee County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Cherokee people
- Seat
- Cherokee
- Largest city
- Cherokee
- Total
- 577 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 577 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,369
- Density
- 20.2/sq mi (7.80/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .cherokeecounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cherokee
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Cherokee
- Capital
- Cherokee
- Population
- 11658
- Area
- 1495
- Shares border with
- Sioux County
- Official website
- www.cherokeecountyiowa.com
- Image
- Cherokee County Courthouse (Iowa).JPG
- Households
- 5297
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- Commons category
- Cherokee County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Cherokee County, Iowa
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- different from
- Cherokee County
- water as percent of area
- 0.03
- native label
- Cherokee County
- per capita income
- 33882
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cherokee County, Iowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,658. The county seat is Cherokee. The county was formed on January 15, 1851, from open territory. It was named after the Cherokee people.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherokee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.