Jerome is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Appanoose County,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

, United States.

Notable person

Kenneth Owen (1918-2001), Iowa farmer and politician, was born in Jerome.Iowa General Assembly-Kenneth Ervin Owen
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Notes

Unincorporated communities in Appanoose County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{AppanooseCountyIA-geo-stub