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About Calamus, IA

This small Iowa farming town of 417 people sits along Highway 30 in Clinton County, about 25 miles west of the Mississippi River. Most visitors arrive via Highway 30, which connects to Interstate 80 thirty miles south. The town serves as a quiet stop between larger communities like Clinton to the east and Cedar Rapids to the west. Calamus gets its unusual name from the sweet flag plant that once thrived in the area's original prairie wetlands.

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Calamus, IA is in United States, at 41.826, -90.760 - about 8 km east of Wheatland, IA.

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The closest airport to Calamus, IA is Quad City International Airport, 63 km (about 53 min by car). Other airports nearby: Dubuque Regional Airport.

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