Castana, Iowa

About Castana

Castana is a tiny community in western Iowa, home to 103 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Castana holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.91 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 113 residents per square mile.

📰 Castana News Today

• Obituary for Barry W. Erickson Goslar Funeral Home and Monuments, LLC · Jun 16
• ‘Profit over people’ - Residents raise concerns as hog waste site is being built in Monona County for unidentified company KTIV · Jul 14
• Larry A. Payne Obituary | Armstrong - Van Houten Funeral Homes | Mapleton, IA Tribute Archive · Aug 13
• Troy Bumann The Norfolk Daily News · May 18
• Developer halting hog waste site project that was being built in Monona County KTIV · Jul 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Castana Unique

• The only place in America named Castana — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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 10 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Castana

• Gray's Landing Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Sylvan Runkel State Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Whiting Woods Recreation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Castana

🏘️ Nearby Communities