Contact Us Broken clouds 53°/33° City of Ruthven Iowa Home Community Government Residents Business Visitors Search About Us "Small-town living at its finest!" Located in Palo Alto County in northwest Iowa on Highway 18, Ruthven is a quaint town with about 770 residents. Founded in 1884, Ruthven has been called the "Hub of the Wetlands" since five lakes are located within 10 miles of the community. Four miles north of town, Lost Island Lake offers visitors and residents a swimming beach, campground, cafe, resorts, public boat launches and beautiful hiking trails. Ruthven residents are proud of their K-12 public school, a well-kept public park and swimming pool, a public library, fire department, five churches, and a community care facility that has assisted- and independent-living units. Ruthven celebrates "Bully Bullhead Weekend" annually on the weekend following July 4th. The event includes a parade, a tractor ride, a kid's carnival, athletic tournaments, and of course, the bullhead fishing tournament.. Ruthven Welcome Sign NAVIGATION FOR SECTION COMMUNITY About Us Calendar of Events Social Center Library LIRBA Recent News School Palo Alto County Freedom Rock Worship LIPA Swimming Pool Support Local Animal Shelter Looking for a furry friend to become a part of your family? Consider adopting a dog or cat from your local animal shelter. An adopted pet will provide unconditional love and companionship to all. Stay Informed Subscribe to receive news and alerts via email and SMS. Click to Subscribe Click to Unsubscribe Language Choose Language... English Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Frisian Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Odia (Oriya) Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Scots Gaelic Serbian Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Translate QUICK LINKS Payment Options Report a Problem Subscribe FAQ New Residents SITES OF INTEREST Water Conservation Iowa Rural Water Association US Postal Service Town Newspapers CONTACTS City of Ruthven 1305 Gowrie St. Ruthven, IA 51358 (712) 837-5355 Contact Us Facebook ©2021 City of Ruthven, IA. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Accessibility Powered by MunicipalImpact.com Admin