Who runs it
The Board of Supervisors sets the county budget and its property tax; the other officers run elections, records, taxes and law enforcement.
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Meetings and agendas
What the Board of Supervisors is deciding: each agenda, the resolutions and ordinances on it, and a plain-language summary.
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- The Board will meet with the Keokuk County Highway Department to discuss and possibly approve a personnel report.
- The Board will consider moving money from the Local Option Sales Tax fund to the Debt Service Fund.
- A special meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to officially count the results of the November 3, 2026, general election.
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- Meeting with the Keokuk County Highway Department to discuss and possibly approve a personnel report.
- Possible approval of a money transfer from the Local Option Sales Tax to the Debt Service Fund.
- Official counting of the votes from the November 3, 2026, general election.
Property taxes
Rates over time
Typical combined rate per $1,000 of taxable value, and the county government’s own rural levy.
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| Year | In cities | Rural | County’s rural levy |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY27 | $32.18 | $25.63 | $9.10 |
| FY26 | $32.62 | $25.91 | $9.28 |
| FY25 | $32.35 | $25.91 | $9.31 |
| FY24 | $31.51 | $25.66 | $9.18 |
| FY23 | $30.95 | $25.83 | $9.23 |
| FY22 | $31.59 | $25.94 | $9.43 |
| FY21 | $33.49 | $26.79 | $9.95 |
| FY20 | $33.40 | $27.19 | $9.95 |
Rates by city, FY27
Typical combined rate in each city, per $1,000 of taxable value.
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| City | Typical rate | Since FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Delta | $33.07 | -9.3% |
| Gibson | $23.84 | -0.3% |
| Harper | $26.19 | -11.1% |
| Hayesville | $32.29 | +1.0% |
| Hedrick | $34.57 | -1.2% |
| Keota | $34.11 | -5.4% |
| Keswick | $28.31 | -4.0% |
| Kinross | $29.21 | +1.1% |
| Martinsburg | $32.18 | +4.1% |
| North English | $29.91 | +0.5% |
| Ollie | $31.39 | +2.3% |
| Richland | $33.47 | +0.2% |
| Sigourney | $36.25 | +0.6% |
| South English | $30.07 | -0.8% |
| Thornburg | $29.53 | -1.2% |
| Webster | $31.35 | -0.7% |
| What Cheer | $31.81 | -17.1% |
Compared with places this size
Keokuk County’s countywide property tax rate of $5.64 per $1,000 is the 17th lowest of 42 Iowa counties with 6,600–15,000 people. The middle of the group is $5.84.
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| # | Place | Rate per $1,000 | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decatur County | $9.59 | 7,656 |
| 2 | Winnebago County | $8.49 | 10,383 |
| 3 | Montgomery County | $8.08 | 10,063 |
| 4 | Clarke County | $7.88 | 9,524 |
| 5 | Louisa County | $7.80 | 10,630 |
| 6 | Union County | $7.65 | 11,955 |
| 7 | Davis County | $7.37 | 9,193 |
| 8 | Wright County | $6.87 | 12,729 |
| 9 | Greene County | $6.83 | 8,662 |
| 10 | Harrison County | $6.69 | 14,626 |
| 11 | Howard County | $6.54 | 9,360 |
| 12 | Wayne County | $6.47 | 6,622 |
| 13 | Allamakee County | $6.45 | 14,184 |
| 14 | Pocahontas County | $6.38 | 7,006 |
| 15 | Sac County | $6.36 | 9,533 |
| 16 | Shelby County | $6.31 | 11,821 |
| 17 | Butler County | $6.28 | 14,156 |
| 18 | Worth County | $6.25 | 7,307 |
| 19 | Guthrie County | $6.24 | 10,774 |
| 20 | Emmet County | $6.16 | 9,162 |
| 21 | Mills County | $5.90 | 14,717 |
| 22 | Kossuth County | $5.79 | 14,408 |
| 23 | Monroe County | $5.79 | 7,373 |
| 24 | Calhoun County | $5.75 | 9,711 |
| 25 | Humboldt County | $5.74 | 9,617 |
| 26 | Keokuk County | $5.64 | 9,855 |
| 27 | Mitchell County | $5.64 | 10,632 |
| 28 | Monona County | $5.63 | 8,429 |
| 29 | Lucas County | $5.40 | 8,758 |
| 30 | Van Buren County | $5.29 | 7,217 |
| 31 | Grundy County | $5.20 | 12,405 |
| 32 | Chickasaw County | $5.13 | 11,719 |
| 33 | Franklin County | $5.11 | 10,024 |
| 34 | Adair County | $5.09 | 7,431 |
| 35 | Appanoose County | $5.06 | 12,106 |
| 36 | Ida County | $4.82 | 6,810 |
| 37 | Cass County | $4.75 | 13,024 |
| 38 | Palo Alto County | $4.48 | 8,809 |
| 39 | Hancock County | $4.00 | 10,616 |
| 40 | Lyon County | $3.96 | 12,378 |
| 41 | Cherokee County | $3.89 | 11,658 |
| 42 | O'Brien County | $3.59 | 14,260 |
FY27 rates from the Department of Management. A higher rate isn’t always a bigger bill: it depends on how much property there is to tax. Sizes: Census Bureau 2024 estimates.
What’s taxed
$836.1M of taxable value in 2025 valuations, +17.4% since 2020. Who carries the load, by kind of property:
- Farmland and farm buildings$414.9M48%
- Homes$294.1M34%
- Utilities, railroads and other$80.4M9%
- Commercial$46.3M5%
- Industrial$23.2M3%
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| Valuation year | Homes | Farmland | Commercial | Industrial | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $294.1M | $414.9M | $46.3M | $23.2M | $836.1M |
| 2024 | $266.1M | $399.8M | $39.1M | $22.0M | $783.2M |
| 2023 | $258.2M | $387.8M | $37.3M | $22.1M | $762.3M |
| 2022 | $230.7M | $380.2M | $34.2M | $20.4M | $724.7M |
| 2021 | $219.4M | $368.7M | $44.2M | $27.6M | $721.0M |
| 2020 | $210.0M | $377.7M | $38.0M | $27.3M | $712.0M |
| 2019 | $203.0M | $365.4M | $36.2M | $27.6M | $689.1M |
| 2018 | $189.2M | $354.9M | $33.6M | $26.5M | $654.2M |
Budget and spending
Where each dollar of the county’s budget goes, FY27
| Where it goes | Of each dollar | Counties this size (41) |
|---|---|---|
| Roads & transportation | 49¢ | 35¢ |
| Administration | 19¢ | 11¢ |
| Public safety & legal services | 14¢ | 21¢ |
| Physical health & social services | 6¢ | 5¢ |
| Capital projects | 4¢ | 13¢ |
| Everything else | 8¢ | 15¢ |
Planned spending from all funds. “Counties this size” is the average for the 41 counties closest in size (6,600–15,000 people).
The county’s budget
Keokuk County plans to spend $14.0M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $12.4M in FY25.
Its property tax levies, FY27
Dollars per $1,000 of taxable value. Everyone in the county pays the countywide levies; people outside cities also pay the rural ones, which mostly pay for roads and rural services.
- General Basic · countywide$3.66
- General Supplemental · countywide$1.98
- Countywide · countywide$5.64
- Rural Basic · rural$3.45
- Total Rural · rural$9.10
From county budgets and annual financial reports filed with the Department of Management.
Sales tax and state money
Local option sales tax collected
The extra local sales tax voters approved, collected by the state and paid back to the county and its cities.
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| Year | Collected |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $1.3M |
| FY23 | $1.1M |
| FY22 | $1.2M |
| FY21 | $1.4M |
| FY20 | $1.1M |
| FY19 | $903,378 |
| FY18 | $883,005 |
| FY17 | $868,489 |
| FY16 | $829,514 |
| FY15 | $665,389 |
| FY14 | $632,713 |
State payments to the county and its cities
Sales tax collected for them and property tax credits paid on residents’ behalf: $2.2M in FY26. The newest year may be partial.
Who received them, FY26
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| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $94,149 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $861,166 |
| Homestead property tax credit | – | $506,925 | $511,072 | $483,792 | $471,542 | $476,980 | $482,809 | $482,675 |
| Ag land and family farm tax credits | $290,552 | $417,361 | $425,189 | $409,293 | $418,643 | $429,201 | $438,254 | $463,530 |
| Business property tax credit | – | – | $427,929 | $439,105 | $431,635 | $382,290 | $386,427 | $372,644 |
| Elderly and disabled property tax credit | – | $13,566 | $16,050 | $19,582 | $19,070 | $19,310 | $20,294 | $18,550 |
| Military service property tax credit | – | – | – | $5,835 | $6,374 | $6,731 | $7,078 | $7,309 |
Elections
Most recent: November 3, 2026
Ballot measures · 2
Passed Yes 54.9% (751) · No 45.1% (618)
Passes with more yes votes than no.
Passed Yes 54.9% (470) · No 45.1% (386)
Passes with more yes votes than no.
County offices · 7
- Maddison A.E. Denny RUnopposed
- Dawn T. Goldman RUnopposed
- Christine Edmundson Long RUnopposed
Townships · 24
- Josh Annis Unopposed
- Colt Mather Unopposed
- Linda Abel Unopposed
- Alan Berg Unopposed
- Carla Dumont Unopposed
- Julie Swanson Unopposed
- Kevin Luers Unopposed
No candidates listed.
- Holly A. Martin Unopposed
- Judith Christner Unopposed
- Paula Rasplicka Unopposed
- James Campbell Unopposed
- Doyle Abrams Unopposed
- James L. Striegel Unopposed
- Gary Martin Unopposed
Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Keokuk County; official results are on each county auditor’s site.
Places in the county
At the Statehouse and in Congress
Adrian Dickey (Sen. 44)Helena Hayes (Rep. 88)
U.S. House:District 1
Districts that cover Keokuk County; percentages are rough shares of its area. They write the state laws and budget Keokuk County works within.
Typical rates are medians across the county’s tax districts, leaving out TIF districts and farmland inside cities. Budgets from the Department of Management; values and sales tax from the Department of Revenue.