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Dubuque County, Iowa (U.S.)

image located by Valentin Poposki, 10 March 2009

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

Dubuque County (92,384 inhabitants on 2006; 1,598 sq. km; county seat, Dubuque), founded on 1834, is located in central eastern Iowa. The county and town are named after the French Canadian Julien Dubuque (d. 1810), the first European settler of Iowa.

The flag of Dubuque County is described as follows in the "Telegraph Herald", 6 January 2009 (oddly named "ensign" in the title of the article):
"[...]
The Dubuque County flag actually was created in 1976, along with many other county flags, to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States of America. The white flag with a red border is dominated in the middle by a blue picture of the Dubuque County Courthouse. There is an outline of the county on top of the picture. The blue picture is placed inside a circle that is emblazoned with the words "THE COUNTY OF DUBUQUE" around the perimeter, and it is enclosed in a larger circle. There also is a star on either side of the word "Dubuque." The flag is currently flown in the back corner inside the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors chamber at the Dubuque County Courthouse.
[...]"
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=228647

The Dubuque County website shows the county's seal, which seems to be used on the flag, according to the description given above. Part of the image carrousel of the front page of the website, a photo of Port Dubuque shows the flags of Iowa, the USA and the town of Dubuque.
http://www.dubuquecounty.org
Ivan Sache, 7 January 2009

Dubuque County is coterminous with the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the seventh largest county by population in the state.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque_County,_Iowa
The flag can be seen on a photo here: https://www.accessdubuque.com/forums/comments.cfm?PictureID=2300&MainSection=Your%20Pix%20%26%20Flix&Keyword=Leisure&fCat1=6. The county seal on a white background.
Valentin Poposki,, 10 March 2009