Dougherty, Iowa

About Dougherty

Set in the northern part of Iowa, Dougherty is a tiny community counting 61 people who proudly call it home.

Dougherty holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.56 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 109 residents per square mile.

📰 Dougherty News Today

• Norwalk city attorney is sanctioned by disciplinary board for the third time Iowa Capital Dispatch · Jun 12
• Dougherty intersection crash sends Plainfield woman to hospital KIMT · Sep 2
• William Pennebaker Boone Dougherty Obituary May 24, 2026 - McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home · May 24
• Robert 'Bob' Earnest Dougherty Ii Obituary Nov 30, 2022 Printy Funeral Home · Jul 30
• Christopher Dougherty Cedar Memorial · Jun 30

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What Makes Dougherty Unique

• With 61 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in northern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

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 9 miles.

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