Owasa, Iowa

About Owasa

Owasa, IA is a tiny community located in central Iowa counting 30 people who proudly call it home.

Owasa holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.56 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 54 residents per square mile.

📰 Owasa News Today

• Lulu May Doering Obituary (2025) - Owasa, IA - Boeke Funeral Home - Hubbard Legacy obituary · Sep 16
• Owasa, IA Weather Radar AccuWeather · Sep 1
• 23 Photos: Owasa Consolidated School The Des Moines Register · Dec 4
• A new dawn at Three Days - Times-Citizen Communications Times-Citizen Communications · Jun 20
• Clarence Leroy Balcom Jr Obituary Jan 13, 2020 Mitchell Family Funeral Home · Jan 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Owasa Unique

• The only place in America named Owasa — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 30 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Owasa

• Anders Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Boddy-Hunt Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cross' Ford River Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Eagle City Addition · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Eagle City Park reviews ★
• Logsdon Park reviews ★
• Parlina Pierce Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Zeisman Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Owasa

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