Welcome to Guthrie County, Iowa

Covering 591 square miles in west-central Iowa, Guthrie County is made up of a beautiful rural landscape dotted with ten incorporated communities: Adair, Bagley, Bayard, Casey, Guthrie Center, Jamaica, Menlo, Panora, Stuart, and Yale.  Just a short 30-mile drive from the Des Moines metropolitan area, the county is also home to two private lake developments: Lake Panorama and Diamondhead Lake. The county was formally organized in 1851. The county seat is located in Guthrie Center. In 2003, census estimates placed the county population at over 11,500 residents.

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