Van Buren County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 7, 1836
- Named after
- Martin Van Buren
- Seat
- Keosauqua
- Largest city
- Keosauqua
- Total
- 491 sq mi (1,270 km )
- Land
- 485 sq mi (1,260 km )
- Water
- 5.7 sq mi (15 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,131
- Density
- 14.7/sq mi (5.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .vanburencounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Martin Van Buren
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Keosauqua
- Capital
- Keosauqua
- Population
- 7203
- Area
- 1271
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- vanburencoia.org
- Image
- VanBurenCoIowa1.jpg
- Households
- 2969
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- Commons category
- Van Buren County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Van Buren County, Iowa
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- different from
- Van Buren County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Van Buren County
- per capita income
- 28466
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Van Buren County, Iowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Van Buren County (/væn ˈbjʊərən/ van BURE-ən) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,203, making it the state's tenth-least populous county. The county seat is Keosauqua, which contains the oldest continuously operational courthouse in Iowa, and second-oldest in the United States.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Van Buren County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.