The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBlue Grass is a city in Muscatine and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,666 as of 2020. Most of Blue Grass is part of the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, but the Muscatine County portion of the city is considered part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,452 to 1,666 (+15%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blue Grass yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blue Grass’s history is told.
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Blue Grass, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Blue Grass is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blue Grass has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barn in Blue Grass, 2.7 miles away.
Blue Grass and the nearest listed places
Closest to Blue Grass
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.