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Hancock

Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,795. The county seat is . The county was founded on January 15, 1851, and named in honor of John Hancock, a leader of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
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  • Type: County with 10,800 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Hancock County”, “Hancock County, IA”, and “Hancock County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Britt and Duncan.

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is a city in Hancock County, Iowa, United States, and is the home of the National Hobo Convention and the Hobo Museum. The population was 2,044 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa, United States. The population was 57 at the 2020 census.

Hancock

Latitude
43.0848° or 43° 5′ 5″ north
Longitude
-93.7364° or 93° 44′ 11″ west
Population
10,800
Elevation
1,247 feet (380 metres)
Open location code
86M837M7+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955440
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4859678
Wiki­data ID
Q485448
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hancock” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hancock County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة هانكوك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه هانكوك، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Հենքոկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Hancock”
  • Basque: “Hancock konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Hancock County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “হানকোক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханкок”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Hancock”
  • Cebuano: “Hancock County”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Хэнкок”
  • Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Chinese: “汉考克县”
  • Chinese: “漢考克縣 (愛阿華州)”
  • Chinese: “漢考克縣”
  • Chinese: “漢考克郡”
  • Dutch: “Hancock County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Hancock”
  • Estonian: “Hancocki maakond”
  • Finnish: “Hancockin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Hancock”
  • French: “Comté de Hancock”
  • Georgian: “ჰენკოკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Hancock County”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “هنکاک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Χάνκοκ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הנקוק”
  • Hungarian: “Hancock megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Hancock”
  • Italian: “contea di Hancock”
  • Italian: “Contea di Hancock”
  • Japanese: “ハンコック郡”
  • Korean: “핸콕군”
  • Low German: “Hancock County”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “هنکاک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hancock Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hancock Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hancock County”
  • Norwegian: “Hancock County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هانکک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان هنکاک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Hancock”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Hancock”
  • Russian: “Ханкок”
  • Russian: “Хэнкок”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hancock County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Хенкок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Hancock County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hancock”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Hancock”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Hancock County”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Хэнкок”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Hancock County”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Hancock ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Генкок”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ہینکوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Hancock”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hancock”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Hancock”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Hancock County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہینکاک کاؤنٹی”

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