How Schools, Health Care and Infrastructure Are Helping a Handful of Iowa Towns Thrive and Rise Above Rural Decline

Bloomfield, Iowa, lacks the advantages some small Iowa towns have. It is not on the interstate highway system or a major airport. But Bloomfield, Davis County’s seat in southern Iowa 11 miles from Iowa’s border with Missouri, grew its population from 2,640 in 2010 to 2,682 in 2020, new U.S. census data show. “Even if […]

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