Meservey, Iowa

Meservey is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.

Meservey was founded in 1886, shortly after a railroad line was built connecting Mason City and Fort Dodge.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.51 square miles (3.91 km2), all land.

35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 7.2% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

[3] At a later time it became elementary school only as junior high classes were moved to Thornton.

Due to declining enrollments, the building was closed in 1983, when all K–12 classes met in the Thornton facility.

The Meservey school facility was razed sometime around 1993, and the property is now Schoolhouse Park.

[citation needed] Meservey High School's mascot was the Rockets.

When the high school classes moved to Sheffield in 1988, the Lancer mascot was retained for the middle-school sports teams.

However, with further consolidation in 2007, the Lancer mascot was officially retired with a parade in Thornton in July 2007.

Due to continued declining enrollment, the former S-C, M-T, and neighboring Rockwell–Swaledale school districts entered into a grade-sharing agreement to form the West Fork school partnership in 2008, with the "Warhawks" as the new mascot.

Main Street, Meservey, Iowa
Main Street, Meservey, Iowa
Map of Iowa highlighting Cerro Gordo County