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Florence, Iowa

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Florence is located in Wright County.

Florence is 340 feet [103.63 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Florence lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Florence can be found in:

 AlabamaMontana
 ArizonaNebraska
 ArkansasNew Jersey
 CaliforniaNew Mexico (historic<2>)
 ColoradoNew York
 DelawareNorth Carolina
 FloridaNova Scotia
 GeorgiaOhio
 IdahoOntario
 IllinoisOregon
 IndianaPennsylvania
 KansasSouth Carolina
 KentuckySouth Dakota
 LouisianaTennessee
 MarylandTexas
 MassachusettsVermont
 MinnesotaWashington
 MississippiWest Virginia (historic)
 MissouriWisconsin

While we we don't have population counts for Florence, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Florence).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Badger   W17 mi [27.36 km]5785.25% decrease
 Belmond   NE14 mi [22.53 km]2,30410% decrease
 Clarion   NE4 mi [6.44 km]2,7188.42% decrease
 Dakota City   W19 mi [30.58 km]8249.55% decrease
 Dows   E16 mi [25.75 km]55517.78% decrease
 Duncombe   SW18 mi [28.97 km]4563.8% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Florence.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Florence. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Florence:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Florence? Please visit the Map Page for Florence.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Florence - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Florence, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Florence and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Florence.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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