Bankston

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Bankston

Total population

14

Median home value

$0

50%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation367 m

Land area0.71 km²

Weather63°F · Scattered Rain Showers

Coordinates42.51°, -90.96°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bankston is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the 'Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 23 at the 2020 census, down from 27 in 2000.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Bankston, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

William John McGee

American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)

H

Henry Waechter

American football player

Mike Elgin

American football player (born 1983)

William Arthur Ganfield

American academic administrator

W

Willard L. Roberts

US professor of mineralogy and curator of the South Dakota School of Mines mineral museum

R

Rosemary Kelly Clarke

American intellectual disability activist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Epworth
  4.5 mi away
• Graf
  4.6 mi away
• Farley
  5 mi away
• Holy Cross
  6.7 mi away
• Dyersville
  8.1 mi away
• Luxemburg
  8.7 mi away
• Balltown
  10.1 mi away
• Durango
  10.2 mi away
• Cascade
  14.4 mi away
• Bernard
  15 mi away
• Colesburg
  15.2 mi away
• Hopkinton
  18.6 mi away

Browse all places in Iowa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

Helophilus fasciatus

Seen 2026-09-14

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Seen 2026-09-12

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-10

Red Sunflower

Tithonia rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-10

virgin's-bower

Clematis virginiana

Seen 2026-08-31

american hops

Humulus americanus

Seen 2026-08-31

Rusty-patched Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis

Seen 2026-08-31

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Seen 2026-08-28

Western Blacknose Dace

Rhinichthys obtusus

Seen 2026-08-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).