Dows, Iowa

About Dows

Set in the northern part of Iowa, Dows is a tiny community, home to 509 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Dows holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.77 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 661 residents per square mile.

📰 Dows News Today

• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Dows, 50071, Iowa - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Sep 18
• Donated ambulance brings Dows closer to restoring EMS KCCI · Sep 27
• After ten year absence, ambulance service will return to Dows Radio Iowa · Oct 2
• Obituary for Donald R Chambers Foust Funeral Home · Jul 28
• Clarion-Goldfield-Dows volleyball falls on senior night to Iowa Falls-Alden, 3-0 KQRadio · Sep 30

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Dows Unique

• The only place in America named Dows — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Dows

• Godfather's Pizza Express — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dows

• Dows Park reviews ★
• Dows River Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Gun Club Corner · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Toft County Park reviews ★
• Toft Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Dows

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