Iowa
Cherokee
Willow Township

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.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 209 residents
  • Description: city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Washta, IA” and “Washta, Iowa”
  • Postal code: 51061

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quimby.

Village
is a city in , , United States. The population was 249 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles northeast of Washta.

Washta

Latitude
42.57563° or 42° 34′ 32″ north
Longitude
-95.71711° or 95° 43′ 2″ west
Population
209
Elevation
1,148 feet (350 metres)
Open location code
86J6H7GM+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151338694
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4880871
Wiki­data ID
Q964321
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Washta from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

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: “Washta”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Uzbek: “Washta”
  • Vietnamese: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Washta”
  • Volapük: “Washta”
  • Welsh: “Washta, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Washta”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fielding and Correctionville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Washta Public Library and Washta Post Office.

Iowa: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Iowa City.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Washta”. Photo: Carl Wycoff, CC BY 2.0.