Town file
Earlville, Iowa
Earlville, Iowa (Delaware County, Iowa) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 420, "Cheating, Lies & Corn Rakes" (2 September 2023). Earlville, Iowa, is a farming town of 891 people in Delaware County, in the north-east of the state between Cedar Rapids and Dubuque.
- Town
- Earlville
- County
- Delaware County
- State
- Iowa
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 420
- Approximate location
- 42.483, -91.270
Episode 420 / 2 September 2023 / 71 min / express
Cheating, Lies & Corn Rakes
"We're going to Earlville, in northeastern Iowa, between Cedar Rapids and Dubuque." about 0:04:10
The case: Murder of Amy Mullis (November 10, 2018). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 891
- Median household income
- 60,127
- Median home value
- $204,000
History, in brief
- In 1852 George M. Earl came to the area with his wife and family and settled it, and the town was named Earlville after him. about 0:05:31
- The town was once known as Nottingham, after a stockholder in the railroad, but was renamed Earlville because of a conflict with another nearby community called Nottingham. about 0:05:38
- In 1883 the Masonic Town Hall was organised and a three-story brick building was built for five thousand dollars. about 0:06:01
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Never had any problems, and if we do, someone's there right away to take care of it."about 0:06:42
4 stars
"If I could live here for the rest of my life I would; the neighbours are wonderful and wouldn't be traded for anything."about 0:06:57
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Clarence, Iowa43 miles
- Bellevue, Iowa46 miles
- Mineral Point, Wisconsin61 miles
- West Liberty, Iowa63 miles
- Davenport, Iowa73 miles
- Muscatine, Iowa74 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.