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Welcome to Conway ...

The city of Conway is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Conway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Conway has a population of 40 people<2> (see below for details).

Conway is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Conway lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Conway had an population of 40 people. This is a decrease of 2.44% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 36.51% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Conway had a population of 41 people. This makes Conway the county's 8th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 41 people, the population of Conway decreased 34.92% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 63 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Conway.

Communities Also Named Conway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Conway - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Conway.

Communities near Conway ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Conway.

  • Corning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lenox
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bedford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopkins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopkins is located in Nodaway County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins <4>
  • New Market
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • New Market is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
  • Clearfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Diagonal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Prescott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Blockton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blockton is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Gravity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gravity is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Conway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Conway.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Conway. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Conway.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Conway. See our Newspapers Page for Conway.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Conway ...

Looking for more information about Conway? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Conway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Conway.

Adding Conway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Conway in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Conway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Conway post office opened in 1892. The Conway post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Conway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Conway.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Conway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/