Swan, IA

united states

Swan is a tiny farming community of 55 people in Marion County, about 45 minutes southeast of Des Moines via I-35 and local roads. Most visitors take Exit 56 near Indianola and head east on county roads through corn and soybean country. The town sits in the Des Moines River valley, surrounded by rolling prairie that's been farmed for generations. Swan's historic one-room schoolhouse from 1876 still stands as a testament to rural Iowa's educational heritage.