Harvey, Iowa

About Harvey

Harvey is a tiny community in southern Iowa with an estimated population of 242.

Harvey holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.68 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 356 residents per square mile.

📰 Harvey News Today

• Meet Kid Captain Beau Harvey The University of Iowa · Sep 14
• Clifford "Cliff" Caylor Obituary (2026) - Harvey, IA - Pierschbacher Funeral Homes - Chariton Legacy | Obituary · Oct 6
• Kid Captain | Trials and Tribulations The Daily Iowan · Sep 17
• Harvey Berg Obituary May 28, 2026 Turner Jenness Funeral Home · May 28
• 3 people arrested in Iowa City armed robbery case KCRG · Aug 31

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What Makes Harvey Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Harvey — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Harvey

• Gladys Black Bald Eagle Refuge reviews ★
• Horns Ferry Bridge Area reviews ★
• Lake Red Rock - Ivan's Campground reviews ★
• South Tailwater reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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