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

Garwin has a population of 640. 55.2% of Garwin’s inhabitants are Male, and 44.8 are female. 41.8% of Garwin is married and 84.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $76,396, and the average rent is $595. Household median income in Garwin is $51,125, and the individual median income is $31,504. Garwin’s Ethnic is the following: White(98%), Hispanic(9.4%), Multiple(1.3%), Black(0.3%), Other(0.3%), Native(0.2%).


Garwin was platted in 1880. A post office called Garwin has been in operation since 1880.In 1879, the Toledo and Northwestern Railroad was sold to the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. After the sale, the railroad line was extended northwestward from Toledo. Various new towns were established along the tracks, but the Garwin, Iowa was the first railroad station beyond Toledo. Giving the town a name proved to be a difficult process.


At first, it was called “Maple,” or as some claim “Myrcle,” but neither name was particularly favorable. The next choice was “Marvin,” in honor of Marvin Hewitt, an official of the Northwestern railroad, but it was soon discovered that another town had already taken the name. Several landowners were interested in selling their land for the purpose of establishing the new town, including George Rider and John Galvizer.


After much controversy, these two men won out, and a message was sent to Toledo that read: “‘G’ (for Glavizer) and ‘R’ (for Rider) win.” Its recipients misconstrued the message, reading the word “Garwin” instead- and the city finally had a name.


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