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Palo Alto

Palo Alto County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,996. The county seat is . It is named after the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican–American War.
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  • Type: County with 9,420 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Palo Alto County”, “Palo Alto County, IA”, and “Palo Alto County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emmetsburg.

Town
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is a city in Palo Alto County, , United States. The population was 3,706 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Palo Alto County. is located around the southern bay of Five Island Lake.

Palo Alto

Latitude
43.0763° or 43° 4′ 35″ north
Longitude
-94.6625° or 94° 39′ 45″ west
Population
9,420
Elevation
1,198 feet (365 metres)
Open location code
86M738GP+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955476
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4870630
Wiki­data ID
Q485799
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Palo Alto” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Palo Alto County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بالو ألتو”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه بالو ألتو، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Փալո Ալտո շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Palo Alto”
  • Basque: “Palo Alto konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Palo Alto County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Palo Alto County”
  • Bishnupriya: “পালো আলটো কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “পালো আলটো কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Пало Алто”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Palo Alto”
  • Cebuano: “Palo Alto County”
  • Chechen: “Пало-Альто (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Пало-Альто”
  • Chinese: “Palo Alto Kūn”
  • Chinese: “帕洛阿尔托县”
  • Chinese: “帕洛阿爾托縣 (愛阿華州)”
  • Chinese: “帕洛阿爾托縣”
  • Chinese: “帕洛阿爾托郡”
  • Dutch: “Palo Alto County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Palo Alto”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Palo Alto”
  • Estonian: “Palo Alto maakond”
  • Finnish: “Palo Alton piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Palo Alto”
  • French: “Comté de Palo Alto”
  • Georgian: “პალო-ალტოს ოლქი”
  • German: “Palo Alto County”
  • Gilaki: “پالو آلتو شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “پالو آلتو شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πάλο Άλτο”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פאלו אלטו”
  • Hungarian: “Palo Alto megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Palo Alto”
  • Italian: “contea di Palo Alto”
  • Italian: “Contea di Palo Alto”
  • Japanese: “パロ・アルト郡”
  • Japanese: “パロアルト郡”
  • Korean: “팰로앨토군”
  • Low German: “Palo Alto County”
  • Mazanderani: “پالو آلتو شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “پالو آلتو شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Palo Alto Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Palo Alto Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palo Alto County”
  • Norwegian: “Palo Alto County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پالو آلتو، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پالو آلتو”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Palo Alto”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Palo Alto”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Palo Alto”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Palo Alto, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Palo Alto”
  • Russian: “Пало-Алто”
  • Russian: “Пало-Альто”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Palo Alto”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Palo Alto County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Пало Алто”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Palo Alto County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Palo Alto County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Palo Alto”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Palo Alto”
  • Swedish: “Palo Alto County”
  • Tatar: “Пало-Альто (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Пало-Альто”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto County”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Palo Alto ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пало-Альто”
  • Urdu: “پالو آلٹو کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “پالو آلٹو کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Palo Alto”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Palo Alto, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Palo Alto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Palo Alto, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Palo Alto”
  • Welsh: “Palo Alto County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Palo Alto County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پالو الٹو کاؤنٹی”

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