Talk:List of counties in Iowa

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Actually, there is an official way to number Iowa's counties. The numbers are assigned sequentially to the alphabetized list (i.e., Adair being #01, and Wright being #99).&mdash;Ëzhiki (erinaceus bud ) 16:59, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)


 * Except having that number gives you no better information in finding the county than if you had the county name. With the numbering scheme I used, you can readily find a county location given the number. Cburnett 17:22, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I have nothing against the system you used, it makes good sense. I just wanted to let it be known that Iowa State uses a different scheme, which is perhaps worth mentioning.  Maybe adding a corresponding map would be beneficial, too.&mdash;Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 17:27, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * The information on this page is not useful. The county numbers are wrong and do not reflect the county numbers used on Iowa license plates, i.e. Alamakee county had 3 on the license plates to identify the county and Linn had 57.  Add this information into the page for it to be of use. Go hawkeyes go 22:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The numbers the state uses is simply the position of the county in an alphabetical list. Adair=1, Adams=2, Allamakee=3, ..., Wright=99.  Again, if the map were numbered with this system then the map just as well contain the names (which you can get anywhere).  Sorry you don't find it useful.  Cburnett 22:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject help
Some helpful information on U.S. county lists can be found at WP:COUNTYLISTS. Tom pw (talk) (review) 16:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Numerical table "cover" Map of counties with numbers
Hi On 9 August 2007 14:29 I edited this page because I seen the Numerical table "cover" Map of counties with numbers. The botton-left of image is hidden by Numerical table. So, I added additional spacing. Maybe, this problem is on my computer only. Hi —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

List of counties by number
I think the work by Psychless is great with the exception that you can no longer find a county based on location. That was the point of the "by number" list. I restored it. Cburnett 18:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

2010 Census
The US Census data for Iowa counties is now available at Factfinder2. I was going to update this list but when I looked at it I got to wondering about how to designate the Population heading to show 2010. I do not know if it is possible, so at least for now I have not updated the list. Anybody have a suggestion? -- Rife Ideas  Talk  00:40, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

lee county
Lee County was formed in 1836. This was almost 30 years before Robert Lee's national fame. Iowa was a Union state not a Confederate state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.152.100.4 (talk) 17:39, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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National Atlas numbers
"the number in the column headed "Map #" is used by the National Atlas of the United States, shown on the left" -- what is shown on the left of what, where? 104.153.40.58 (talk) 13:53, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Consistent oddity of shapes of Iowa's counties
The intro mentions that Iowa's counties are unusually artificial in shape, with many 'box-shaped' counties. Most of them are even in rows. But two of the rows have weird shapes in all of them. In the Dubuque to Woodbury row, as you go west, each county gradually gets a larger and larger chunk to the West at their Northern edge. The Harrison-to-Johnson row has something similar but at the counties' southern edge. WHY IS THIS?! I came to this article specifically hoping it would be mentioned. 2601:408:C402:BB8:25BC:A4B8:DA73:8007 (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Iowa County
The diagram highlighting Iowa County highlights the entire state. Although that is technically correct (and pretty funny) as all the counties highlighted are counties in Iowa, I would like to see Iowa County specifically :) 65.155.240.194 (talk) 20:35, 11 June 2024 (UTC)