The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOlds is a city in Henry County, Iowa, United States. The population was 192 at the time of the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 229 to 192 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1965.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Olds 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.
Start Olds’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Olds’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Olds is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Olds has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Red Ball Garage in Swedesburg, 2 miles away.
Olds and the nearest listed places
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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.