Hamilton County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 8, 1857
- Named after
- William W. Hamilton
- Seat
- Webster City
- Largest city
- Webster City
- Total
- 577.486 sq mi (1,495.68 km )
- Land
- 576.731 sq mi (1,493.73 km )
- Water
- 0.755 sq mi (1.96 km ) 0.13%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,944
- Density
- 26.076/sq mi (10.068/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- hamiltoncounty.iowa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Webster City
- Capital
- Webster City
- Population
- 15039
- Area
- 1496
- Shares border with
- Hardin County
- Official website
- www.hamiltoncounty.org
- Image
- Hamilton County IA Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 6122
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hamilton County, Iowa
- Commons category
- Hamilton County, Iowa
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hamilton County, Iowa
- different from
- Hamilton County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Hamilton County
- per capita income
- 31397
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Encyclopedic overview
Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,039, and was estimated to be 14,944 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Webster City. The county was named to honor William W. Hamilton, a President of the Iowa State Senate.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamilton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.