Lanesboro, Iowa

About Lanesboro

Set in the western part of Iowa, Lanesboro is a tiny community with an estimated population of 112.

Lanesboro holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.74 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 151 residents per square mile.

📰 Lanesboro News Today

• Jean Ellen Toyne Obituary Oct 6, 2026 Powers Funeral Home | Pocahontas, IA · Oct 6
• Jean Toyne of Lanesboro Carroll Broadcasting Company · Oct 6
• Lanesboro Weather Today & Hourly Forecast SpaceRef · Aug 29
• Suspect charged with first-degree murder in connection to May 2020 disappearance of Iowa man KTIV · Jan 23
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Lanesboro, Iowa - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 20

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What Makes Lanesboro Unique

• Positioned in western 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

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lanesboro

• Andrews Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Artesian Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Buck Run Creek Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Carroll County Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Dickson Timber County Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hobbs County Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Merritt Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• North Raccoon Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Reinhart Bend · Nature reserve reviews ★

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