Lanesboro is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Lanesboro got its start in the year 1901, following construction of the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad through that territory.

[5] As of the census of 2020,[7] there were 119 people, 56 households, and 27 families residing in the city.

At the 2010 census there were 121 people in 62 households, including 33 families, in the city.

The racial makup of the city was 95.9% White, 0.8% African American, 0.8% Asian, and 2.5% from two or more races.

About 5.9% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 17.6% of those sixty five or over.

Much of Lanesboro is within the South Central Calhoun Community School District.

[10] That section was once a part of the Southern Cal Community School District,[11] formed on July 1, 1993.

The Southern Cal district merged into South Central Calhoun on July 1, 2014.