Golf in Independence

Independence is the Buchanan County seat in northeast Iowa on the Wapsipinicon River, serving as the governmental and commercial center for the surrounding farming community. The Wapsipinicon River valley and the Buchanan County agricultural landscape create the northeast Iowa river community setting. Golf serves the Independence area's farming and professional community. Iowa's position at the heart of the American agricultural economy — one of the world's most productive farming regions — creates communities shaped by land values, commodity markets, and the natural seasons, and local golf serves as a year-round social institution in this distinctively Midwestern setting. The community's recreational golf culture reflects the Iowa values that have shaped the state's communities: civic participation, accessible outdoor recreation, and the seasonal pleasures of Iowa's four-season climate, where the warm summers and the brilliant autumn days create a golf season of genuine quality.