Melrose, Iowa

About Melrose

Set in the southern part of Iowa, Melrose is a tiny community counting 110 people who proudly call it home.

Melrose holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.02 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 108 residents per square mile.

📰 Melrose News Today

• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Melrose, Iowa - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 23
• Melrose, IA Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 1
• Denny Lee Brown Obituary April 18, 2026 Overton Funeral Home · Apr 20
• Michael F. Knowles Obituary March 25, 2026 Kurtz Memorial Chapel · Mar 25
• Sandra "Sandy" K. Gray - View Obituary & Service Information - Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory - Albia, IA · Jul 22

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What Makes Melrose Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Melrose — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern 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 14 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Melrose

• Blarney Stone Park reviews ★
• Lake Rathbun Area - Bridge View reviews ★
• Rathbun Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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