Leighton, Iowa

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the west of Leighton and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ankeny. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the northwest of Leighton and has a population of 27,117 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albia	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	3,559	3.97% decrease
	Altoona	NW	41 mi [66 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Centerville	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	5,442	8.14% decrease
	Chariton	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	4,419	3.37% decrease
	Fairfield	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	9,218	3.06% decrease
	Grinnell	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	9,167	0.68% increase
	Indianola	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Knoxville	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Marshalltown	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Newton	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Oskaloosa	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	11,069	1.2% increase
	Ottumwa	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	24,342	2.62% decrease
	Pella	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Pleasant Hill	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	8,414	65.96% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Beacon	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	527	1.74% increase
	Bussey	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	436	3.11% decrease
	Eddyville	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,072	0.75% increase
	Hamilton	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	137	4.86% decrease
	Harvey	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	264	4.69% decrease
	Keomah Village	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	94	3.09% decrease
	Kirkville	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	212	0.93% decrease
	Lovilia	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	528	9.43% decrease
	Lynnville	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	373	1.91% increase
	Marysville	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	51	5.56% decrease
	New Sharon	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,299	0.15% decrease
	Rose Hill	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	205	---
	Searsboro	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	151	2.58% decrease
	Sully	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	856	5.31% decrease
	University Park	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	542	1.12% increase

Mahaska County

Leighton is located in Mahaska County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mahaska: Jasper, Keokuk, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek and Wapello.

While not sharing a border with Mahaska, the counties of Lucas and Warren are close to Leighton.

Below are counties that are near Leighton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Leighton:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Leighton
	Appanoose County	S	Moravia	30 miles [48 km]
	Davis County	S	Ash Grove	34 miles [54 km]
	Iowa County	NE	Ambrose	31 miles [49 km]
	Jasper County	N	Lynnville	16 miles [25 km]
	Jefferson County	E	Pekin	34 miles [54 km]
	Keokuk County	E	Atwood	19 miles [30 km]
	Lucas County	SW	Tipperary	24 miles [38 km]
	Marion County	SW	Tracy	6 miles [9 km]
	Marshall County	N	Gilman	37 miles [59 km]
	Monroe County	S	Buxton	12 miles [19 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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) Leighton. 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.

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).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes