Map of Truro city

Truro is a city in southeast Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 509 at the time of the 2020 census. Truro is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Truro city overview:
Name:	Truro city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Madison County
Elevation:	1,080 ft (330 m)
Total Area:	0.98 sq mi (2.55 km²)
Land Area:	0.98 sq mi (2.55 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	509
Population Density:	516.75/sq mi (199.43/km²)
ZIP code:	50257
Area code:	641
FIPS code:	1979140
GNISfeature ID:	0463555

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Truro online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Truro was laid out and platted in 1881. It was first settled as Ohio Township in the early 1850s, by settlers who came primarily from Ohio. In 1881 the town was named after the city of Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom, by suggestion of the local train conductor, whose hometown was Truro, Cape Cod, MA.