Plymouth

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Plymouth

Total population

407

Median home value

$125,700

11.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$80,000

Plymouth$80k

National$74k

Elevation346 m

Land area1.13 km²

Weather68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates43.25°, -93.12°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Plymouth is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States, along the Shell Rock River. The population was 375 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Plymouth, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

S

Sister Mary T. Kloyda

American mathematics professor

Leland D. Faktor

Corporal in the United States Army Air Forces and participant of the Doolittle Raid (1921-1942)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Portland
  8.6 mi away
• Carpenter
  12.8 mi away
• Mitchell
  13.7 mi away
• Fertile
  15.1 mi away
• Osage
  15.9 mi away
• Joice
  18.7 mi away · pop. 207
• Little Cedar
  22 mi away
• Marble Rock
  23.3 mi away
• Forest City
  25.8 mi away · pop. 4,290
• Meyer
  25.9 mi away
• Meservey
  28.9 mi away
• Greene
  29.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Plymouth

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Plymouth, Iowa cemeteries

1976

History of the Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa, Including an Extended Sketch of Sioux City, Their Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time;

A. And Company Warner · 2022

History of the counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa, including an extended sketch of Sioux City, their early settlement and progress to the present time

Warner, A., and company, pub · 1890

History of Plymouth County, Iowa

Wilbert S. Freeman · 1917

Soil survey of Plymouth County, Iowa

D. S. Gray · 1928

Flood of May 19, 1990, along Perry Creek in Plymouth and Woodbury counties, Iowa

David A. Eash · 1996

History and advantages of Plymouth County, Iowa

The Le Mars Post second annual directory of Plymouth County, Iowa, 1897

1897

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Seen 2026-09-18

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Seen 2026-09-17

Halloween Pennant

Celithemis eponina

Seen 2026-09-17

white snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Seen 2026-09-13

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Seen 2026-09-13

Spotted Beet Webworm Moth

Hymenia perspectalis

Seen 2026-09-11

White-lined Sphinx

Hyles lineata

Seen 2026-09-09

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-06

False Boneset

Brickellia eupatorioides

Seen 2026-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).