North Central Iowa

North Central Iowa is in the Midwest of the United States of America.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mason City and Fort Dodge.

Mason City

Mason City is a city in Iowa, renowned for its collection of architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright and other Prairie School architects, considered the most significant concentration of such architecture outside of Oak Park, Illinois.

Fort Dodge

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Fort Dodge is a city of 25,000 people in North Central Iowa on the Des Moines River. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa.

Algona

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Algona is the county seat of Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,487 at the 2020 census. Ambrose A. Call State Park is located two miles southwest of the city.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Clear Lake and Armstrong.

Clear Lake

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Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,687 at the 2020 census. The city is named for the large natural lake on which it is located.

Armstrong

Armstrong is a city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It was originally known as Armstrong Grove.

Britt

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Britt is a city in Hancock County, Iowa, United States, and is the home of the National Hobo Convention and the Hobo Museum. The population was 2,044 at the 2020 census.

North Central Iowa

Type: region
Location: Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center

42.85° or 42° 51′ north

Longitude of center

-93.68° or 93° 40′ 48″ west

Wikidata ID

Q14227141

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In Other Languages

From Italian to Venetian—“North Central Iowa” goes by many names.

Italian: “Iowa centrosettentrionale”
Venetian: “Iowa sentrozetentrionałe”

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