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Wright County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 15, 1851
- Named after
- Silas Wright
- Seat
- Clarion
- Largest city
- Eagle Grove
- Total
- 582 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 580 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,801
- Density
- 22/sq mi (8.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- wrightcounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12943
- Area
- 582
- Official website
- www.wrightcounty.org
- Image
- Wright County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 5582
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- Commons category
- Wright County, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Wright County
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- per capita income
- 29142
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Wright County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,943. The county seat is Clarion. The county organization became effective in January 1851, and is believed to be named either after Silas Wright, a governor of New York, or Joseph Albert Wright, a governor of Indiana.
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