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Delaware County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 21, 1837 (created), February 8, 1844 (organized)
- Named after
- State of Delaware
- Seat
- Manchester
- Largest city
- Manchester
- Total
- 579 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 578 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,674
- Density
- 30.3/sq mi (11.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- delawarecounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Delaware
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Manchester
- Capital
- Manchester
- Population
- 17488
- Area
- 1500
- Shares border with
- Fayette County
- Official website
- www.co.delaware.ia.us
- Image
- Delaware County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 6915
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- different from
- Delaware County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Delaware County
- Commons category
- Delaware County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Delaware County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- per capita income
- 34681
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Delaware County, Iowa
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,488. The county seat is Manchester. The county takes its name after the U.S. state of Delaware.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Delaware County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.