Westphalia, IA

Westphalia is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 126 residents. Westphalia was founded in 1872 as a colony of German Catholic farmers and small merchants. Westphalia was named after the Province of Westphalia, in Germany. The district serves the towns of Harlan, Defiance, Earling, Panama, Portsmouth and Westphalia, the unincorporated communities of Jacksonville and Corley, and the surrounding rural areas. The through line in Westphalia is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Westphalia makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Westphalia is surrounded by Westphalia Township.