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The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th state in the union, on December 28, 1846, [3] by which point 44 counties had been created. Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County , was created. [ 4 ]
This is a list of Iowa county courthouses. Each county in Iowa has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse, except for Lee County , which has two county seats and two county courthouses.
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted Iowa Cities and Counties. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of 2010, there are 943 incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Iowa. According to the 2020 United States Census, Iowa has 3,190,369 inhabitants and 55,857.13 square miles (144,669.3 km 2) of land.
Montgomery County is a county located in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 10,330. [ 1 ] Its population has declined since a peak in 1900, since urbanization and decline of family farms.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 710 square miles (1,800 km 2), of which 695 square miles (1,800 km 2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km 2) (2.1%) is water. [6] It includes the easternmost point in the state of Iowa, on the Mississippi River in Elk River township in the northeast section of the county.
Worth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,443. [1] The county seat is Northwood. [2] The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an officer in both the Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.
Ida County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,005, making it the state's eighth-least populous county. [1] The county seat is Ida Grove. [2] The county was authorized by the Iowa Legislature in January 1851 as a packet of projected counties in unorganized territory of western Iowa.
Old Johnson County Courthouse, Iowa City, 1857-1899. After Iowa City was established by fiat as the new territorial capitol of Iowa, the county seat was removed there. [10] The second Johnson County Courthouse, the first in Iowa City, was built on Lot 8 Block 8 of the County Seat Addition to Iowa City in 1842 for $3,690. [9]