Southern Iowa Land For Sale

This beautiful and serene 32.52 +/- Acres property in Lucas County, Iowa sits in a country setting in Chariton Schools district just over a mile south of Lucas, has paved Hwy. 65 access and is only 9 miles from Chariton for grocery, gas, hardware, regional hospital and other services. And it’s a straight shot up Hwy. 65 for 29 miles to Indianola and only 45 miles to the Des Moines Airport – a perfect location for country living and hunting right out the back door but still an easy commute to the Des Moines Metro! From the moment you turn in to the driveway it is immediately clear that this is a well-groomed property with pride of ownership, with a large mowed yard, mowed trails throughout the property and just a general above average beauty of setting. A well-cared-for 1,512 sf stick-built ranch-style home built by the owners in 1975 and added on to in 1991 sits in a hollow surrounded by giant shade trees the owners planted many years ago, with a great view from the kitchen & dining room out the back door where the owners literally watch deer and turkey in the back yard and meadow on most any day!

The owner of this property was born in a now-gone home on this very property over 80 years ago and he and his wife raised their family here, and it is still just as great for that same purpose today. Or if you’re looking for a home with hobby farm acreage where you can have some cows, horses or other livestock it would be great for that too. The property already has perimeter fencing on all sides but the east boundary by the hwy, and there’s a chicken coop/house in place too.

And then of course there is the great deer & turkey hunting: The landowners have taken a number of nice bucks on the property over the years, several of which are hanging on the Morton metal building wall, including a 206″ non-typical taken in 2010! See the listing photos for property trail camera photos from the first week of August, 2024. The property comes with 4 home-built, elevated box blinds in strategic locations that will stay with the property, has multiple fantastic hidden locations for potential food plots and winter standing beans/corn, a year-round pond shared with the neighbor, south facing thermal winter deer bedding cover, can be hunted on any wind direction, and backs up to over *5,500 contiguous acres* of famous Stephens State Forest with the nearest public access at least a 1/2 mile away, so it can hunt way bigger than 32 acres if you desire. The property is loaded with turkeys too!

The property sits in non-resident Iowa deer management region 5, one of the *top 2 regions* in Iowa especially known for huge whitetail bucks. This land is loaded with good habitat across both the upland areas and lower elevations with an abundance of oak trees and great natural browse. The landowners say there has always been an abundant amount of deer movement through this property for decades and it is no surprise given the amount of great deer habitat on the neighboring properties in every direction and on the state forest, including some huge blocks of timber.

It also seems likely there were native American Indian encampments on the property in the long ago past, as the owners have found over 300 Indian artifacts in the creek-bed, a combination of arrowheads and other items (see artifacts photo, many of which were found on the property).

The 1,512 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, a 3/4 bath with recent updates, 1/2 bath, rural water, central heat (propane) and air (both furnace and a/c were replaced within approximately last 5 years), approximately 5-year old metal roof, steel exterior siding and is plenty big enough for a family to live in as a full-time residence but also small enough to serve as a vacation spot or weekend getaway from the city and the concrete jungle. The washer/dryer set, microwave, stovetop oven, dishwasher, almost-new refrigerator, and basement chest freezer will stay with the home. Any personal belongings not mentioned as staying with the property will go with the sellers at closing. There’s a poured wall in-ground unfinished basement under the original part of the house, for storage or potential finishing to convert into additional living space.

There is a detached 24×30, 2-car garage, and then across the driveway from the house there is a 30×45 Morton metal building with concrete floor with a great space for a shop, parking tractors/utv’s and equipment, upstairs loft storage, and the owners even built an enclosed cute little studio size climate-controlled living space (propane heat and through the wall a/c) with a 3/4 bath and small kitchen that would serve great as a small apartment, a mother-in-law living quarters, or a man cave! Refrigerator in the apartment stays with the property. There are several heavy-duty metal table-benches in the Morton building that will stay, and an air compressor will stay as well. In addition to the Morton building there are also several small storage buildings on the property.

Rural Iowa properties like this on pavement in commute distance to the Des Moines Metro do not show up on the market very often. The photos accompanying this listing are a good start but only an in-person showing will really do justice to the beauty of the natural setting and the very clean-cut and well-groomed feel of the home and property. Call or text the listing agent to set up your own private showing!

Please contact Land Specialist Joshua Flournoy at (641) 203-9427 for more information or to set up a showing. Showings by Appointment Only.