Entry Points:

Downtown Anita

About Anita

The town of Anita sits on a hillside overlooking Turkey Creek and a narrow lowland surrounding it. In 1868, the Rock Island Railroad was built through this part of Iowa, and Anita was laid out the next year with First Street next to the tracks and successive streets further up the hill. It was incorporated in 1875. In the 1920s, U.S. Highway 6 was built along Second Street, and the downtown buildings sprung up along it. The highway was once a major travel route through the area, but now Interstate 80 has replaced it, passing several miles to the north. U.S. Highway 6 is now combined with the freeway.

Anita’s population was 1,049 at the 2000 census. It has a motto, “A Whale of a Town,” which is posted on a sign at the edge of town. The elevation ranges from 1,280 feet near the railroad, to 1,380 at the top of the hill. Anita Lake State Park is immediately south of town, being a reservoir which offers boating and camping.

For More Information:
See the official city website at www.anitaiowa.com, and the Wikipedia article on Anita.

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Street Index

750th Street a road Cherry Street Chestnut Street Deer Ridge Street Elm Street Fifth Street First Street Fourth Street

Grass Roots Trail Hagen Street Linn Street Locust Street Main Street Maple Street Mars Avenue McIntyre Street Michigan Avenue

Roosevelt Street Rose Hill Avenue Seventh Street Sixth Street Third Street Truman Walnut Street White Pole Road