Washta

Washta is a city in , , United States. The population was 209 at the time of the 2020 census. It is called "The Coldest Spot in Iowa", recording a temperature of −47 °F without wind chill on January 12, 1912.
  • Village with 209 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,148 feet (350 metres)
  • Description: city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States
  • Postal code: 51061
  • Also known as
    “Washta, IA”
    “Washta, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quimby.
is a city in , , United States. is situated 5 miles northeast of Washta.

Washta

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Latitude
42.57563° or 42° 34′ 32″ north
Longitude
-95.71711° or 95° 43′ 2″ west
Open location code
86J6H7GM+75
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Washta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واشتا (آيوا)”
  • Arabic: “واشتا”
  • Basque: “Washta”
  • Catalan: “Washta”
  • Cebuano: “Washta”
  • Chechen: “Вошта”
  • Chinese: “瓦什塔”
  • Czech: “Washta”
  • Danish: “Washta”
  • Dutch: “Washta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واشتا”
  • French: “Washta”
  • German: “Washta”
  • Gilaki: “واشتا (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “واشتا”
  • Haitian: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Washta”
  • Ido: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Washta”
  • Irish: “Washta”
  • Italian: “Washta”
  • Kazakh: “Вашта”
  • Kirghiz: “Вашта”
  • Ladin: “Washta”
  • Mazanderani: “واشتا (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “واشتا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Washta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Washta”
  • Norwegian: “Washta”
  • Persian: “واشتا، آیووا”
  • Persian: “واشتا”
  • Polish: “Washta”
  • Portuguese: “Washta”
  • Serbian: “Washta”
  • Serbian: “Вошта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Washta”
  • Slovak: “Washta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واشتا، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Washta”
  • Tatar: “Вошта”
  • Ukrainian: “Вошта”
  • Urdu: “واٹا، آئیووا”
  • Uzbek: “Washta”
  • Vietnamese: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Washta”
  • Volapük: “Washta”
  • Welsh: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Washta”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Washta Public Library and Washta Post Office.

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