Rowley
Iowa's
Best Kept Secret!!
Population: 290
Public
Services:
Emergency Call 911 for Volunteer Fire Dept
Non Emergency call Fire Chief Dan Hoveland
319-938-1600
13 firefighters, 6 first
responders available to the community
Local
Businesses:
Rowley Savings Bank, Marks Locker, F.J. Krob & Co., Northeast
Iowa Fur Exchange, Rowley Wrecker and Repair, Stoddard Auto,
Shields Agency, Inc., Top Notch Salon, Rowley Hair Shop
Businesses
Near By:
Ceramic Technologies Corp., Rowley Implement
Local
Schools
and Churches
Independence
Area Schools: Grades K- 12. 319-334-7400
Web Site: http://www.indee.k12.ia.us
E-mail: bstuerman@indee.k12.ia.us
St.
John Catholic School in Independence:
Preschool-8th.
319-334-7173
E-mail: stjohn@sbtek.net
United
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church of Rowley
History
of Rowley
The City of Rowley is located in south central Buchanan County.
It is located approximately seven miles south of U.S. Highway
20 and five miles north of the Benton County Line. Rowley
is on County Road D-47, two miles east of Highway 150. The
county seat, Independence, is only a nine-mile drive north
of Rowley. Five of Iowa's major cities are within easy driving
distance: Waterloo/Cedar Falls - 35 minutes, Cedar Rapids
- 40 minutes, Iowa City - 60 minutes, and Dubuque - 60 minutes.
Easy access to these metropolitan areas provides many cultural,
recreational, and shopping opportunities for the citizens
of Rowley.
Rowley
was founded in 1873 as a community prepared to provide its
citizens with basic needs. During the first half of the twentieth
century, Rowley had it all: a railroad, grocery stores, a
lumber yard, a hotel, a hardware store, implement dealers,
service stations, a creamery, a bank, a public school, a dentist,
and churches. Changing times have affected all small Iowa
communities, and Rowley is no exception. Many businesses closed
or migrated to larger markets after the railroad removed its
tracks through town. Yet the basic reason for Rowley's existence
providing basic needs remains at the heart of Rowley. People
in Rowley know and care about each other. Need help, help
is there. The city's heartbeat continues and can be found
in the following: a post office, a meat locker, an elevator,
and a volunteer fire department.
In
September 1996, a one room school house was moved to and restored
near the elementary school. 1,200 people attended the dedication.
Former governor, Terry Branstad, at the dedication said, "We
have the responsibility to build an even better future for
the generation to come" . . . . "It is great to
be in Rowley"! . . . "and it is evident that the
people in this area have a lot of pride in this area".
Yes, we do. We look to a bright future for Rowley in the 21st
century.
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