Bussey, IA

Bussey is a city in southeast Marion County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 387 residents. Jesse Bussey, originally from Greene County, Pennsylvania, bought the land for Bussey in 1867. He laid out Bussey on the line of the Albia, Knoxville and Des Moines Railroad in 1875, the same year the line was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. That mix gives Bussey a clear local shape within Iowa, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Bussey is located at the intersection of routes G71 and T23. Bussey is three quarter mile west of the Marion- Mahaska county line and two miles north of the Marion- Monroe county line.