The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRolfe is a city in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 509 at the time of the 2020 census. This city was named after the Englishman John Rolfe, who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 584 to 509 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1948.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rolfe 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 Rolfe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rolfe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Rolfe, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Rolfe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rolfe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pocahontas County Courthouse in Pocahontas, 8.7 miles away.
Rolfe 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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.