Manly, IA

united states

Manly sits just off Highway 9 in north-central Iowa, about 15 miles west of Mason City Municipal Airport. Most visitors arrive via Highway 9 from Mason City or continue west toward the Minnesota border. The town of 1,320 sits amid typical Iowa farmland, with flat prairie stretching in all directions. Manly was named after Manly, Utah, though the connection between the two towns remains a local mystery.