Weldon, Iowa

About Weldon

Weldon is a tiny community in southern Iowa counting 134 people who proudly call it home.

Weldon holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.19 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 705 residents per square mile.

📰 Weldon News Today

• Watch Iowa Park head coach Weldon Nelms talk loss to Mineral Wells Times Record News · Oct 9
• Community begins to clean up in Decatur County after EF1 tornado KCCI · Apr 24
• Paul Palmer Jr. - Osceola Sentinel-Tribune Osceola Sentinel-Tribune · Jun 18
• Weldon, IA Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Aug 31
• Marjory Ann Randol Obituary (2026) - Weldon, IA - Kale Funeral Home - Osceola Legacy | Obituary · Sep 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Weldon Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Weldon — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.19 sq mi.
• Positioned in southern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

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 Weldon

• IHAP Clarke 5 · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Turkey Ridge Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

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