Harcourt

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Harcourt

Total population

249

Median home value

$85,000

10.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$72,708

Harcourt$73k

National$74k

Coordinates42.26°, -94.17°

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

Overview

Harcourt is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 264 at the time of the 2020 census.

Demographics & economy

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

Geography

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

Notable people from here

G

Gertrude Mary Cox

American statistician (1900-1978)

D

Darrell Huff

American writer (1913–2001)

Joseph A. A. Burnquist

American politician (1879-1961)

G

George E. Q. Johnson

American lawyer (1874-1949)

J

Jon Lindgren

American mayor

Carl A. Youngdale

U.S. Marine Corps Major General

Obed Simon Johnson

Jesse Green

American politician

L

Louis Samuel Kroeck

American biologist

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

Nearby places in Iowa

• Gowrie
  6 mi away
• Farnhamville
  12 mi away
• Fraser
  13.8 mi away
• Ogden
  17 mi away
• Barnum
  19.6 mi away
• Knierim
  19.7 mi away
• Boone
  21.3 mi away
• Kamrar
  24.5 mi away · pop. 145
• Manson
  26.3 mi away
• Jewell Junction
  27.6 mi away
• Randall
  29.3 mi away
• Glidden
  31.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Harcourt

An English colony in Iowa

Henry Harcourt Horn · 1931

Iowa silent reading tests

Roger C. Farr · 1972

Iowa language abilities test

1948

Ubik

Philip K. Dick · 1969

Shoeless Joe

W. P. Kinsella · 1982

Postville

Stephen G. Bloom · 2000

Kate Shelley and the midnight express

Margaret K. Wetterer · 1990

Our lady of the prairie

Thisbe Nissen · 2018

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

Seen 2026-05-27

common cowparsnip

Heracleum maximum

Seen 2026-05-27

Canada anemone

Anemonastrum canadense

Seen 2026-05-27

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Seen 2026-05-24

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Acris blanchardi

Seen 2026-05-24

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-05-23

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Seen 2026-05-23

sharp-lobed hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

Seen 2026-05-22

Northern Hog Sucker

Hypentelium nigricans

Seen 2026-05-02

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