Des Moines County was founded in year 1834 and named after Des Moines River. The area of the county is 429.80 sq mi more than 40K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others reside in this region. The territory also accommodates 17K households and 11K family units. Burlington is the county seat.

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