Monona County, established in 1851, was named on the behalf of the Indian word meaning "beautiful valley", and has a total area of 698.85 sq mi. The County seat and the largest city is Onawa. The total population of the county is over 9.2K with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with around 4.2K households and 2.7K families.

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