Haverhill, Iowa

Haverhill is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States.

[2] Sites in Haverhill include the Immaculate Conception oratory, the Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop and House,[3] and the Mid-Iowa Co-Op, which owns the grain elevators on the south end of the city.

[4] A series of wind turbines owned by Mid-American Energy stretch from Haverhill to the nearby town of Laurel.

[6] The community mostly stored grain in elevators, while hosting several small industries and town services including a lumber company, blacksmith shop, bank, general store, grocer, and schools.

[6] Prior to this, the German Savings Bank (established in 1908) shuttered in the early 1920s.

[6] The town was only officially incorporated in 1968, when residents chose to elect a city government, establishing municipal services, including a fire department.

[6] The town's roads were then paved in the 1980s, with sewer services later overhauled in the 1990s and early 2000s.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.

Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop in Haverhill, owned by the State Historical Society of Iowa, holds tours during the summer.

[3] The town also has an oratory called Immaculate Conception, whose last regular worship services ended in 2007.

[13] Previously a grocery store and tavern,[6] the Haverhill Social Club is today a bar and restaurant where locals frequently gather.

[16] Haverhill's residents elect their mayor and five city councilors in odd-numbered years, all of whom serve four-year terms.

A street in Haverhill, 1939
A closed bank in Haverhill, 1939
Map of Iowa highlighting Marshall County