{"id":3343,"date":"2023-05-05T21:47:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:36:40","slug":"grundy-county-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/grundy-county-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Grundy County, Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grundy County is a county in Iowa, United States, along the Iowa River watershed in the north-central part of the state. It had a population of 12,329 at the 2020 census and covers 501.9 square miles (1,299.9 km2) centred near 42\u00b022\u2032N 92\u00b046\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Grundy Center is the county seat, and its postal code is 50638. The county has nine incorporated cities and four unincorporated communities, spread across 14 civil townships, and sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Grundy County<\/h2>\n

Grundy County has 13 named places on record: nine incorporated cities and four unincorporated communities with no municipal government of their own. Township assignment for individual places is not confirmed in available sources and is marked with an em dash below rather than guessed.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Grundy Center<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,796<\/td>\n50638<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reinbeck<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,662<\/td>\n50669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dike<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,304<\/td>\n50624<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conrad<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,093<\/td>\n50621<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wellsburg<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n720<\/td>\n50680<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holland<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n269<\/td>\n50642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stout<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n50673<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beaman<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n161<\/td>\n50609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morrison<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n50657<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fredsville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivester<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fern<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zaneta<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Three older names sometimes associated with Grundy County \u2014 Buck Grove, Lear, and Lincoln \u2014 do not appear in verified county records and are omitted here; Lincoln is the name of a civil township, not a separate settlement.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Grundy County is divided into 14 civil townships: Beaver, Black Hawk, Clay, Colfax, Fairfield, Felix, German, Grant, Lincoln, Melrose, Palermo, Pleasant Valley, Shiloh, and Washington. Population and dominant-settlement figures at the township level are not available from a verified source, so they are omitted rather than estimated.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n