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Iowa Counties
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Iowa Counties
There are 99 counties in Iowa. The first two counties, Des Moines County and Dubuque County,
were created in 1834 when Iowa was still part of the Michigan Territory. In preparation for Michigan's
statehood, part of Michigan Territory was formed into Wisconsin Territory in 1836]. Two years later, the western
portion was split off to become Iowa Territory. The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th
state in the union, on 28 December 1846, 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.
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Boone County, Iowa
Boone County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Boone
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 572 |
Court House: 201 State Street
County Courthouse
Boone, IA 50036-3922
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman, and his son, Daniel Nathan Boone, a colonel
in the U. S. Dragoons.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Boone County was named as a tribute
to Daniel Boone and his son, Colonel Nathan Boone of the US Dragoons. Boone
was among the first white men to explore this region and to give an accurate
account of the natural resources.
The county was established in 1846. When Boone County originated in 1849, there
were about 400 inhabitants. Rivals for the county seat Boonsboro and Boone
Station were incorporated in the 1860's. Boonsboro was the original county seat.
Boone Station changed its name to Montana, then to Boone. These two towns are
now merged into the modern city of Boone, which became the county seat in 1887.
A legendary incident which has been proclaimed throughout the surrounding
territory has been linked with Boone County through the heroism of Kate Shelley.
The 15 year old Shelley braved a raging rainstorm to warn passengers of a night
express that the bridge at Honey Creek had been washed out. She crossed the Des
Moines River to Moingona, where the train was to arrive, and averted a terrible
catastrophe.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower was born in Boone November 14, 1896. Much of the furniture
for the restoration of her Victorian home was provided by the Doud family, and
this is one of only two homes of First Ladies to be restored in the United
States.
Boone has long been a center for activity of the Chicago and Northwestern
Transportation Company, now United Pacific. Out of this railroad heritage has
grown the annual Pufferbilly Days Celebration the weekend after Labor Day.
In 1996 Boone County celebrated the sesquicentennial of our county with an open
house here at the court house, with tours of the building.
Source: Sheryl Thul, Boone County Recorder, 2002
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Hamilton County
- East: Story County
- Southeast: Polk County
- South: Dallas County
- West: Greene County
- Northwest: Webster County
Cities and Towns:
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- Beaver |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Boone
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Boxholm |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fraser |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Luther |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Madrid |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ogden |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pilot Mound |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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