Haverhill, IA

Haverhill is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 165 residents. Sites in Haverhill include the Immaculate Conception oratory, the Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop and House, and the Mid-Iowa Co-Op, which owns the grain elevators on the south end of the city. A series of wind turbines owned by Mid-American Energy stretch from Haverhill to the nearby town of Laurel. Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop in Haverhill, owned by the State Historical Society of Iowa, holds tours during the summer. The town also has an oratory called Immaculate Conception, whose last regular worship services ended in 2007. A newcomer can read Haverhill through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Haverhill comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The railroad carried both freight and passengers, with passenger service traveling east and west each stopping in Haverhill three times daily.