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About Cambridge, IA

Cambridge is a small farming town of about 800 people in central Iowa, 15 miles northeast of Ames via Highway 210. Most visitors drive from Des Moines by taking I-35 north then exiting onto Highway 210 east. It's a quiet residential community that serves as a bedroom town for Iowa State University employees, with the historic Cambridge Lutheran Church from 1884 marking the town center.

Where is Cambridge, IA on the map?

Cambridge, IA is in United States, at 41.900, -93.536 - about 39 km south of Gilbert, IA.

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The closest airport to Cambridge, IA is Des Moines International Airport, 50 km (about 45 min by car).

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