Monona County, Iowa was founded in 1851 and occupies an area of just over 560 square miles along its borders with both Sioux City and Omaha . It is populated by around 9500 individuals most of whom work within agriculture livestock production or transportation industries while there are also multiple business parks situated in Onawa - Monona’s main city - providing jobs outside of agricultural sector . The great outdoors here provides plenty of opportunity for recreation including galleries theatre shows zoos state parks caves fishing areas etc making it an attractive destination for tourists coming form across Midwest region.