Garwin, IA

Garwin is a city in Tama County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 481 residents. Garwin was platted in 1880. A post office called Garwin has been in operation since 1880. Garwin provides services such as an ambulance service, a fire department, Green Mountain Garwin Junior/Senior High School, a public library, and a park. Union Grove Park is located four miles northwest of town. The district was established on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Garwin and Green Mountain school districts. Garwin's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Iowa setting. The local scoop is how Garwin's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.