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Fort Madison
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city and county seat in Lee County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Lee
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Melinda Blind
- Total
- 13.24 sq mi (34.29 km )
- Land
- 9.64 sq mi (24.98 km )
- Water
- 3.60 sq mi (9.32 km )
- Elevation
- 522 ft (159 m)
- Density
- 1,064.9/sq mi (411.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-28605
- Website
- www .fortmadison-ia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fort Madison
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lee County
- Population
- 10270
- Area
- 34.264936
- Elevation
- 161
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Mississippi River
- Capital of
- Lee County
- Official website
- fortmadison.com
- Image
- Fort Madison Iowa.jpg
- Households
- 4330
- Dialing code
- 319
Show 9 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Prüm
- Commons category
- Fort Madison, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Madison, Iowa
- postal code
- 52627
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Madison, Iowa
- P8168
- ERV
- water as percent of area
- 28.2529
- per capita income
- 25042
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Madison is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of the 2020 census. Located along the Mississippi River in the state's southeast corner, it lies between small bluffs along one of the widest portions of the river. Fort Madison is also the home of the Iowa State Penitentiary.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Madison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.