Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Belmond, IA

Belmond is a city in Wright County in north-central Iowa, located on U.S. Route 69 about 14 miles south of Clarion, the county seat.

Belmond was incorporated on October 21, 1881, and its first federal census in 1890 counted 803 residents.

The Iowa River flows through Belmond, passing a river park in town, and the river brought major flooding to the community during the statewide floods of June 2008.

The 2020 census counted 2,463 people in Belmond, living in 1,071 households and 658 families.

On October 14, 1966, an F5 tornado ripped through Belmond, destroying or damaging about 600 homes and 75 businesses and killing six people, and the town was rebuilt in its aftermath.

Belmond was struck by another significant tornado, rated EF3, on June 12, 2013, which damaged or destroyed several homes and businesses on the north side of town.

Hispanic or Latino residents made up 19.1 percent of Belmond's population in the 2020 census, giving this small farm-belt city a notably diverse community.

Belmond's students attend the Belmond-Klemme Community School District, created on July 1, 1994, by the merger of the Belmond and Klemme school districts.

Iowa Specialty Hospital-Belmond, a 22-bed critical access hospital, serves the town, and its 2007 cooperative agreement with the hospital in neighboring Clarion was the first arrangement of its kind in Iowa.

Belmond is unusual among small towns for its community-owned movie theater, and its Luick Memorial Swimming Pool draws summer crowds with a giant water slide.