Keswick, Iowa

Keswick is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States.

[3] The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway built a 66-mile branch to What Cheer via Keswick in 1879[4][5] The town is named for Keswick, England, the home town of a local woman who had offered lodging to the track-laying crew.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.43 square miles (1.11 km2), all of it land.

The racial makeup of the city was 97.6% White, 1.2% Native American, and 1.2% from two or more races.

28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 121 housing units at an average density of 276.6 per square mile (106.8/km2).

22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 4.7% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.5% of those 65 or over.

Map of Iowa highlighting Keokuk County