Blanchard, Iowa

About Blanchard

Blanchard is a tiny community in southwestern Iowa counting 29 people who proudly call it home.

Blanchard holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.2 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 145 residents per square mile.

📰 Blanchard News Today

• Barr Memorial Chapel. Nancy M. Blanchard, 88, West Point Pen City Current · May 30
• Roberta (Blanchard) Bulman Obituary Sep 10, 2026 Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service · Sep 10
• Laurie Gail Blanchard Legacy | Obituary · Jun 18
• Angela "Angie" Lawrence Blanchard Hamilton's Funeral Home · Dec 3
• Single Mom’s Dairy Success: Juggling 4 Kids and 1,500 Cows Dairy Herd · Dec 23

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What Makes Blanchard Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Blanchard — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.2 sq mi.
• With 29 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in southwestern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

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