Editing Lee County, Iowa (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Mississippi River, Lee County, Iowa and the "Half Breed Tract" historic map detail, from- Iowa 1905 Census Map Indian Terr Accessions (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lee County, Iowa and the "[[Half-Breed Tract|Half Breed Tract]]" historic map detail from a 1905 Iowa Census Map ]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|539|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|518|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|21|sqmi}} (4.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The [[List of U.S. states by elevation|lowest point]] in the state of Iowa is located on the [[Mississippi River]] in Keokuk in Lee County, where it flows out of Iowa and into [[Missouri]] and [[Illinois]].

===Major highways===
*[[Image:US 61.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 61 in Iowa|U.S. Highway 61]]
*[[Image:US 136.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 136 in Iowa|U.S. Highway 136]]
*[[Image:US 218.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 218|U.S. Highway 218]]
*[[Image:Circle sign 2.svg|x20px]] [[Iowa Highway 2]]
*[[Image:Elongated circle 16.svg|x20px]] [[Iowa Highway 16]]
*[[Image:Elongated circle 27.svg|x20px]] [[Iowa Highway 27]]

===Transit===
* [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Complex Historic District|Fort Madison station]]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Henry County, Iowa|Henry County]] (north)
*[[Des Moines County, Iowa|Des Moines County]] (northeast)
*[[Henderson County, Illinois]] (across the river east)
*[[Hancock County, Illinois]] (southeast)
*[[Clark County, Missouri]] (southwest)
*[[Van Buren County, Iowa|Van Buren County]] (west)