Iowa Hill Road claims a small handful of lives every decade, and along with the community's "off grid" status, prevents the town from growing in population.

Since ambulance service from Colfax takes a long time, emergency medical transport is supplemented by CALSTAR, the area's air rescue helicopter.

The community relies solely on solar panels and generators for power since Iowa Hill is not connected to the electrical grid.

The Iowa Hill Store acts as a restaurant, bar, post office and ultra mini-market.

It begins adjacent the Iowa Hill Store spanning all the way to Colfax, crossing the North Fork in between.

Stores, breweries, saloons, fraternal lodges, homes, a church, school, and Temperance Hall are examples of businesses thriving in Iowa Hill in the mid-1850s.

[5] In 1955, the first dial telephone service was installed running between Iowa Hill and Colfax, California, it was one line put in by local residents led by Robert F.

There are dozens of famous gold mines in the area, including "Big Dipper" and "Gleeson"[11][12] Frank Norris wrote a short story in 1903 titled The Wife of Chino about local miners who went into town to use the Iowa Hill Post Office.