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We would like to provide the residents of  Douds  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Douds Home page. The Douds Home page provides as much information as possible on Douds. Knowing Douds’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Douds’s Home page, you will also find Douds’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Douds has a population of 84. 57.1% of Douds’s inhabitants are Male, and 42.9 are female. 54.8% of Douds is married and 60.3% own their own home. Household median income in Douds is $21,000, and the individual median income is $21,200. Douds’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


Douds was platted in 1866 by brothers Eliab and David Doud. It was originally called Doud's Station. Douds was never officially incorporated as a town, but has a Post Office and its own zip code. On the southern bank of the Des Moines River lies Douds' "Twin City", Leando. Leando is the elder, but smaller of the two towns.


Leando was settled in the 1830s and was originally called Portland. In the original deed it was stipulated by the Doud brothers that there was to be no buying or selling of intoxicating liquors in the town. This was upheld until the 1990s when Rob Moore began selling alcohol in his grocery store. Until the construction of the first iron bridge (1898) the towns of Douds and Portland saw much rivalry.


Douds is home to Douds Stone Inc. which operates from one of the largest underground limestone mines in the state of Iowa. Farmers and Traders Savings Bank (founded 1910) is located in Douds, and is one of the few banks to survive the Great Depression. Now considered one community, (Douds and Leando) Douds hosts its annual Field Day on the last full weekend in June.


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