Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Lowden, IA

Lowden is a city in Cedar County, in eastern Iowa, nestled in a valley of rolling hills in Springfield Township.

Lowden — historically spelled "Louden" — was platted in 1857 by the Iowa Land Company, agents for the railroad, on 12 acres as the Chicago and North Western Railway was projected through the neighborhood.

Lowden is named after Loudonville, Ohio, the former hometown of one of its early settlers.

The railroad track reached Lowden in 1858, and the town was incorporated on May 5, 1869; the post office had opened in 1858.

The historic Lincoln Highway — America's first transcontinental highway, established in 1913 — was routed through Lowden on its way from New York to San Francisco.

The 2020 census counted 807 people in Lowden living in 359 households, Lowden's highest population ever recorded.

Lowden's population has grown slowly and steadily for more than a century, rising from 405 residents in 1890 to 807 in 2020.

Lowden Memorial Park is a 17-acre park featuring baseball diamonds, disc golf, and a walking path, and the city also offers a swimming pool and a golf course.

Local students are served by the North Cedar Community School District, created on July 1, 1995 by the merger of the Clarence-Lowden and Lincoln school districts.

Lowden receives about 40 inches of precipitation and roughly 40 inches of snow per year according to NOAA climate normals, making it one of the wetter, snowier spots in eastern Iowa.