The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSwan is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 76 at the time of the 2020 census. On April 18th 2025 the city council of Swan voted to disincorporate the city.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 72 to 76 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Swan 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 Swan’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Swan’s history is told.
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Swan, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Swan is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Swan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Coal Creek Bridge in Swan, 3.3 miles away.
Swan 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.