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About Harlan, IA

Harlan sits in western Iowa farm country, about an hour northeast of Omaha via US 275 and Highway 44. This Shelby County seat of nearly 5,000 connects north-south on US 59 and east-west on Highway 44, with most visitors coming off I-80 at Elk Horn or Anita exits. The town centers around its courthouse square and offers EV charging downtown. Prairie Rose State Park just south of town features a 218-acre lake that started as the city's water reservoir.

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Harlan, IA is in United States, at 41.650, -95.327 - about 17 km south-west of Kirkman, IA.

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The closest airport to Harlan, IA is Eppley Airfield, 92 km (about 1 h 14 min by car).

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