Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Fayette
- Total
- 1.50 sq mi (3.88 km )
- Land
- 1.50 sq mi (3.88 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,004 ft (306 m)
- Density
- 838.7/sq mi (323.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-27165
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Official name
- Fayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fayette County
- Population
- 1256
- Area
- 3.837445
- Elevation
- 307
- Official website
- www.fayetteia.com
- Households
- 428
- Dialing code
- 563
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- postal code
- 52142
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 30822
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Encyclopedic overview
Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,256. It was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. Fayette is the home of Upper Iowa University, a small private college. The Volga River State Recreation Area is located just north of Fayette, and many other parks and natural areas are nearby.
William B. Dohrmann was the mayor for 24 years and ended his term in 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fayette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.