Persia, Iowa Persia, Iowa Persia is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 319 in the 2010 census, a decline from 363 in the 2000 census. Persia is located at (41.578993, -95.570417). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 319 people, 127 households, and 88 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 137 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.3% African American,
Jesus Was a Country Boy called “Jesus Was A Country Boy”, it’s very different, kind of a bold statement." The male narrator explains that Jesus was a country boy because of the lifestyle Jesus lived which he compares to that of a "country boy". Dan MacIntosh of "Country Standard Time" wrote "Walker is equally inept at theology, as this album's title track fails to help explain why bad things happen to good people, and "Jesus Was A Country Boy" isn't going to bring in any new converts." Cheryl Harvey Hill of "Country Stars Online" wrote that the song has "A very powerful old message is