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The first county seat for Pocahontas County was located at a place called Old Rolfe. [2] The courthouse there was a brick building on a stone foundation that also served as a schoolhouse. The bricks for the 50-by-36-foot (15 by 11 m) building were made of local clay. [3] In order to raise funds for the courthouse, the county sold swamp land in ...
Pocahontas County is a county located in Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,078, making it the state's ninth-least populous county. [1] The county seat is Pocahontas. [2] The county was formed in 1851. [3] The county is named in honor of Pocahontas, the famous Native American woman from Jamestown, Virginia. A ...
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.
Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. [3] The population was 1,867 in the 2020 census , a decline from the 1,970 population in 2000 . [ 4 ]
Cummins Township is in District 1 of the Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors, which is currently represented by Jeffrey Ives. [8] It is in District 7 of the Iowa General Assembly, currently represented by Republican Mike Sexton, and in District 4 of the Iowa Senate, currently represented by Republican Tim Kraayenbrink of District 5. [9]
Marker of the original Pocahontas County seat at Old Rolfe. Des Moines Township is a township in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. [1] ... Contact Wikipedia ...
Powhatan Township was established in 1866 as Nunda Township, as some of its first citizens were natives of Nunda, New York.However, the name Nunda was not popular with the majority, and so in 1867, the township was renamed to honor Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas.
Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7] Polk County contains the state's capital and largest city, Des Moines. In addition, Iowa has one of the smallest percentages of counties whose boundaries are dictated by natural means, the vast ...