Duncan is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Hancock County, Iowa Hancock County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,795. The county seat is Garner, Iowa, Garner. The county was founded on January 15, 1851, and ...

, United States. The population was 57 at the 2020 census.

History

Duncan was

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ted in 1900. The community's population was 25 in 1902, and 20 in 1925. The population was 75 in 1940.

Geography

Duncan is located east of Britt and west of Garner, along U.S. Route 18. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.90%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of 2020, there were 57 people, 32 households, and 23 families residing in the community. The

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was 72.6 inhabitants per square mile (28.0/km²). There were 32 housing units at an average density of 40.7 per square mile (15.7/km²). The

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makeup of the community was 98.2%

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, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0%

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, 0.0% from other races and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 0.0% of the population. Of the 32 households, 37.5% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were

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living together, 9.4% were cohabitating couples, 3.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 18.8% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 28.1% of all households were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older. The median age in the community was 48.3 years. 17.5% of the residents were under the age of 20; 1.8% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 26.3% were from 25 and 44; 24.6% were from 45 and 64; and 29.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 63.2% male and 36.8% female.

Education

Duncan is a part of the

Garner–Hayfield–Ventura Community School District Garner–Hayfield–Ventura Community School District is a rural state school, public school district headquartered in Garner, Iowa. In addition to the cities of Garner and Ventura, Iowa, Ventura, it also serves the unincorporated areas of Dun ...

. It was previously in the Garner–Hayfield Community School District, which merged into the current GHV district on July 1, 2015.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.

References

Census-designated places in Iowa Census-designated places in Hancock County, Iowa {{HancockCountyIA-geo-stub