Welcome to the
City of Urbana, IOWA 52345

Population 800

The Front Door to Benton County

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LOCATION: Urbana is strategically located at the halfway point of The Avenue of the Saints, on Interstate 380 in East-Central Iowa. State Highways 363 and 150 run alongside Urbana offering convenient access to three airports and rail. Urbana is THE fastest growing town in Benton County, part of the largest Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District in the State of Iowa.

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A Little Bit of History...

The first pioneers settled this area in 1840 and it was originally known as Hoosiers Point. In 1847, the town of Marysville was laid out. A short time later Hoosiers Point, Marysville and Manatheka, an Indian term ‘meaning a place to trade’ were combined. There had been many conflicts with the US mail and so the government named the combined town Urbanna. In 1880 the second ‘n’ was dropped and it became the present day Urbana.

Urbana is a ‘friendly, forward looking community with a lot of pride and a good place to live’!

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