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Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Union
- Total
- 5.25 sq mi (13.60 km )
- Land
- 5.19 sq mi (13.44 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km )
- Elevation
- 1,283 ft (391 m)
- Density
- 1,452.4/sq mi (560.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-17265
- Website
- www .crestoniowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Creston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Union County
- Population
- 7536
- Area
- 13.599696
- Elevation
- 400
- Capital of
- Union County
- Official website
- www.aftoniowa.com
- Image
- West end old station.jpg
- Households
- 3447
- Dialing code
- 641
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- Commons category
- Creston, Iowa
- postal code
- 50801
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Creston, Iowa
- inception
- 1868-01-01
- P8168
- Barton Fink
- water as percent of area
- 1.2037
- per capita income
- 25593
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Creston is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Iowa. The population was 7,536 at the time of the 2020 Census. Creston is a regional hub for southwest Iowa and is home to Southwestern Community College.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Creston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.