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Inwood is a city in Lyon County in Iowa's northwestern corner, carrying the motto "The city of friendly people."

Inwood's post office opened in 1886, and the city was incorporated on April 25, 1893.

The 2020 census counted 928 people in Inwood living in 348 households, a 14 percent jump from 2010 and the largest population in the city's recorded history.

Inwood's population has grown over the long term from just 477 people in 1900, even as many northwest Iowa farm towns shrank around it.

Inwood has deep Dutch roots — Dutch was the single largest ancestry group reported by residents, at about 46 percent of the population in the 2000 census.

Inwood is a notably young community for rural Iowa, with a median age of just 35.4 years in 2020 and nearly a third of its residents under age 20.

Inwood is served by the West Lyon Community School District, and West Lyon High School is located in the city.

Inwood is the hometown of Robert A. Dahl, the Yale political scientist widely regarded as one of the most influential scholars of democracy of the 20th century.

Inwood also produced NFL defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, who played for the Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, and Detroit Lions.

Inwood covers about 1.34 square miles of land at an elevation of roughly 1,467 feet, among the higher ground in Lyon County.