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living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.6% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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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
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GMG High School has 1 Iowa State High School
Championship. The Wolverines claimed the 1987 Class A Iowa State Football Championship in their first year as a combined school. GMG beat Schleswig 20–17 in overtime on a Robbie Sinclair touchdown run. GMG, coached by Fred Weick, finished the 1987 season
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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
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GMG, and Garwin HS before it, also have a rich boys' basketball tradition. Garwin won many conference titles and made two runs to the Iowa State
Basketball Tournament. Garwin first made the 1978 Class 1A State Tournament, losing to Lake View-Auburn 54–44. They also made it to the 1983 Class 1A
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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.
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of 2000, there were 565 people, 230 households, and 158 families residing in the city. The population density was 564.0 inhabitants per square mile (217.8/km). There were 248 housing units at an average density of 247.6 per square mile (95.6/km). The racial makeup of the city was 98.58%
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GMG had a lot of success in the mid-1990s winning back-to-back-to-back NICL West titles in boys' basketball and a district football title in 1999. The 2007-08 girls' basketball team, under coach Jay Freese, posted a record of 20-3 and made the program's first ever regional final.
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Marshall High School and swimming with Marshalltown High School.
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Championship Game, losing to Palmer 61–55. Garwin/GMG was long coached by Gary
Peterson, who over his 33 years as head coach, amassed a record of 478 wins and 216 losses, which ranks him 34th all time in Iowa boys' basketball history.
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Mountain high schools combined to form the GMG High School in 1987, they adopted the nickname 'Wolverines'. Prior to the consolidation, Garwin athletes were known as 'Roughriders'.
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In the 2010 football season, the team became the first to ever go 0-10 and lose each game by at least two touchdowns. The boys' basketball team also struggled, going 3–17.
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Services provided by The City of Garwin include an ambulance service, a fire department, Green
Mountain Garwin Junior/Senior High School, a public library, and a park.
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serves the community. The district was established on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Garwin and Green
Mountain school districts.
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1558:Iowa portal
1498:communities
1451:Otter Creek
1270:County seat
1208:Iowa portal
1117:January 31,
846:Semifinals
693:other races
678:2000 census
652:other races
630:2010 census
362: /
316:Garwin was
306:2020 census
298:Tama County
86: /
1581:Categories
1511:Long Point
1506:Buckingham
1466:Salt Creek
1386:Buckingham
980:"About Us"
922:August 12,
916:census.gov
873:References
682:As of the
634:As of the
350:92°40′36″W
280:feature ID
188:Population
74:92°40′36″W
1543:Footnotes
1378:Townships
1320:Gladbrook
1216:City-Data
1181:March 22,
1145:March 25,
1015:April 23,
964:March 18,
893:March 16,
749:Education
601:March 28,
347:42°5′41″N
336:Geography
268:FIPS code
256:Area code
210:Time zone
180:Elevation
71:42°5′41″N
1461:Richland
1426:Highland
1406:Columbia
1325:Le Grand
835:Treynor
804:Opponent
697:Hispanic
656:Hispanic
612:Source:
272:19-30045
244:ZIP code
1441:Lincoln
1416:Geneseo
1411:Crystal
1396:Carroll
1391:Carlton
1336:Montour
1331:Lincoln
1310:Elberon
1300:Clutier
1295:Chelsea
1092:May 11,
1067:June 4,
1045:May 11,
863:Palmer
646:, 0.6%
589:Source:
428:+374.7%
318:platted
312:History
283:0456857
100:Country
1481:Toledo
1446:Oneida
1431:Howard
1356:Vining
1346:Toledo
1315:Garwin
1305:Dysart
1287:Cities
1277:Toledo
866:55–61
852:56–48
838:75–47
824:44–54
701:Latino
684:census
660:Latino
636:census
545:−14.9%
532:+11.2%
480:+14.9%
467:−23.3%
454:+38.1%
290:Garwin
140:County
130:
110:
1456:Perry
1421:Grant
1401:Clark
1351:Traer
1175:(PDF)
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1136:(PDF)
1133:"GMG"
857:1983
843:1983
829:1983
815:1978
809:Score
799:Round
689:White
644:White
584:−8.7%
571:−6.7%
558:+6.0%
519:+3.1%
506:+5.4%
493:+0.2%
441:−9.6%
292:is a
249:50632
238:(CDT)
236:UTC-5
215:UTC-6
120:State
1486:York
1476:Tama
1341:Tama
1183:2020
1147:2020
1119:2008
1094:2012
1069:2015
1047:2012
1017:2011
991:2020
966:2015
924:2021
895:2022
794:Year
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603:2020
577:2020
564:2010
551:2000
538:1990
525:1980
512:1970
499:1960
486:1950
473:1940
460:1930
447:1920
434:1910
421:1900
408:1880
396:Pop.
392:Year
302:Iowa
294:city
278:GNIS
151:Area
145:Tama
133:Iowa
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