Giant Ear of Corn (Garst Seed Company)

Coon Rapids, Iowa, United States

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Listed, not yet checked · Oct 2026

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As of May 2024, the City of Coon Rapids, Iowa, listed a rotating ear of corn at the west entrance to town on Highway 141. The City described it in May 2024 as a historic rotating ear of corn dating to the Garst Seed corn company era; Roadside America calls it a ten-footer.

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Giant Ear of Corn (Garst Seed Company)

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Approximate location · 41.875° N, 94.683° W

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As of May 2024, Coon Rapids, Iowa, listed a rotating ear of corn on Highway 141 that predates the town's current streetscape. In its public-art guide, the City of Coon Rapids called it a "historic rotating ear of corn" and a mainstay of the community "dating back to the Garst Seed corn company era". The city placed it at the west entrance to town.

The city says the ear was originally at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Highway 141 and was relocated in 2008 to make way for the "hybrid icons", three lighted silo-shaped beacons by artist David Dahlquist that mark the town's hybrid seed-corn history. Roadside America describes the corn as a "sometimes motorized ten-footer" next to the town welcome billboard, so the turning is not guaranteed.

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It is a roadside object with no admission. The City's public-art page, as of May 2024, also points visitors to the hybrid icons and the Sculpture Park east of town.

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At the west entrance to town on Highway 141 (City of Coon Rapids, May 2024); Roadside America places it next to the town welcome billboard.

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