Washta, Iowa was officially established in 1868 by a Mr. Whisman, the postmaster there. Washta has never been large. It is called “The Coldest Place in Iowa”, referring back to a temperature of minus 47 degrees, recorded in 1912. If it was windy, nobody told Us.

The population of roughly 450 must have had a mega-shivery time of it. Goodness!

If you wish to write to folks out there, the zip code is 51061. YIR, helpful to a fault.