| Swedesburg, Iowa | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Swedesburg |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Henry |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.97 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.97 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 99 |
| Population Density Km2: | 16.59 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 735 |
| Coordinates: | 41.1061°N -91.5533°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 52652 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 19-76800 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2804140 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.30 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.30 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 42.97 |
Swedesburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Henry County, Iowa, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Swedesburg is in north central Henry County just west of US Route 218 nine miles north of Mount Pleasant.[2]
Although Swedesburg is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52652.[3]
Swedesburg was originally built up chiefly by Swedish immigrants.[4] They first arrived in the region in the 1860s after a wave of migration to the nearby Jefferson County in the 1840s.[5]
Swedesburg had a population of 86 in 2000.
Swedesburg has a museum, the Swedish American Museum, which commemorates the community's Swedish heritage. It is housed in the former Farmers Union Exchange Building, a structure which dates from the 1920s.[6] [7]
The following buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places:
It is in the Waco Community School District.[8]
The author Bill Bryson mentions Swedesburg in his 2006 memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Bryson recalls seeing Swedesburg from a distance whilst visiting his grandparents in nearby Winfield in the 1950s, and reflects how the heritages of settlements such as Swedesburg were affected by the policies of Governor William L. Harding, which resulted in the decline of European languages in the state.[9]