Counties in Iowa that I have Visited

There are 99 Counties in Iowa – “The Hawkeye State

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

Iowa Counties Visited

I have visited 32 Counties = 32.3% of Counties in Iowa

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.


Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Iowa

Markers designate the Iowa locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.


Counties in Iowa

Rural Iowa

Below are the 99 counties in Iowa. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

  1. Adair
  2. Adams: Smallest county population in Iowa (4,482 people in 2000 Census).
  3. Allamakee: Effigy Mounds National Monument; Quad County Towns
  4. Appanoose: Center of Power
  5. Audubon: For the Birds
  6. Benton: What State U
  7. Black Hawk
  8. Boone: Boone Scraps
  9. Bremer
  10. Buchanan
  11. Buena Vista
  12. Butler
  13. Calhoun
  14. Carroll
  15. Cass
  16. Cedar
  17. Cerro Gordo
  18. Cherokee
  19. Chickasaw
  20. Clarke
  21. Clay
  22. Clayton: Cassville Ferry; Old Man River Restaurant & Brewery; Quad County Towns
  23. Clinton: Clinton
  24. Crawford
  25. Dallas: X Marks the Spot
  26. Davis
  27. Decatur
  28. Delaware
  29. Des Moines
  30. Dickinson: Smallest county in Iowa (381 square miles).
  31. Dubuque: All In a Name
  32. Emmet
  33. Fayette
  34. Floyd
  35. Franklin
  36. Fremont
  37. Greene
  38. Grundy
  39. Guthrie
  40. Hamilton
  41. Hancock
  42. Hardin
  43. Harrison: Loess
  44. Henry
  45. Howard
  46. Humboldt: Throw the Dart
  47. Ida
  48. Iowa: Iowa-Iowa-Iowa
  49. Jackson
  50. Jasper
  51. Jefferson
  52. Johnson
  53. Jones: More Than Just a State
  54. Keokuk
  55. Kossuth: Largest county in Iowa (973 square miles); The Odd Case of Iowa’s Largest County; Can’t Get Enough of Kossuth
  56. Lee
  57. Linn: Potomac in Iowa; Résumé Bait and Switch; Nearly Nothing Named for Nixon
  58. Louisa
  59. Lucas: Last Chance
  60. Lyon
  61. Madison
  62. Mahaska
  63. Marion
  64. Marshall
  65. Mills
  66. Mitchell
  67. Monona
  68. Monroe
  69. Montgomery
  70. Muscatine
  71. O’Brien
  72. Osceola
  73. Page
  74. Palo Alto
  75. Plymouth
  76. Pocahontas
  77. Polk: Largest county population in Iowa (374,601 people in 2000 Census); Court Avenue Brewing Co.; Saint’s Brewing Company; Geo-BrEWities
  78. Pottawattamie: Carter Lake; Impressive Pedestrian Bridges
  79. Poweshiek
  80. Ringgold
  81. Sac
  82. Scott: Buffalo Bill Homestead; American Pickers; Great Scott
  83. Shelby: King of Portmanteau
  84. Sioux
  85. Story
  86. Tama
  87. Taylor: Natural Forces: Gravitation
  88. Union: Twelve Mile Mormons
  89. Van Buren
  90. Wapello
  91. Warren
  92. Washington
  93. Wayne
  94. Webster
  95. Winnebago
  96. Winneshiek
  97. Woodbury: Three Letter Oddities
  98. Worth: Directional Surname Frequency; Even More Manly Places
  99. Wright

Quick Facts About Iowa

  • Location: West North Central United States. See map above.
  • Size(1): 55,857 square miles. Iowa is the 23rd largest state. The next larger state is Michigan and the next smaller state is Illinois.
  • Population(2): 3,156,145 people. Iowa is the 31st most populous state. The next more populous state is Utah and the next less populous state is Nevada.
  • Population Density: 56.5 people per square mile. Iowa is the 36th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Oklahoma and the next less densely populated state is Colorado.
  • Bordering States: Iowa shares a border with 6 states: Minnesota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Missouri; Illinois and Wisconsin.
  • Admission to the Union: December 28, 1846. Iowa was the 29th state admitted to the Union, after Texas and before Wisconsin.
  • Capital: Des Moines.
  • Highest Point: 1,670 feet at Hawkeye Point. See SummitPost’s Hawkeye Point page.
  • Lowest Point: 480 feet at the Mississippi River in Lee County.
  • Government website: iowa.gov.
  • Official Tourism website: Travel Iowa.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Iowa page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.


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