Another view of SSA headquarters. The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.
History of the City of Miles. Our little town of Miles was one of the last settlements in Jackson County because of the lack of the two essentials-wood and water. The first record of a settlement where the town now stands was in 1850 when Edwin S.Hatheway entered a quarter section of land.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 402 square miles (1,040 km2), of which 400 square miles (1,000 km2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) (0.3%) is water. This is the fifth-smallest county in Iowa by land area and second-smallest by total area.