Blockton, Iowa

About Blockton, Iowa

”Blockton is a city in Taylor County, Iowa, United States. The population was 192 at the 2010 census.HistoryBlockton was founded by the Mormons in 1861, and it was originally known as Mormontown. After the Mormons left the area, the Chicago Great Western Railway was built through the town and it was renamed Blockton in honor of W. T. Block, a railroad official.GeographyBlockton's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 40.615851, -94.476654.The city is located along the Platte River.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.65sqmi, all of it land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 192 people, 86 households, and 53 families residing in the city. The population density was 295.4PD/sqmi. There were 110 housing units at an average density of 169.2/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 99.5% White and 0.5% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.1% of the population.There were 86 households of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.4% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.85. Read more

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