Epworth is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,860 at the 2010 census, up from 1,428 at the 2000 census.
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Epworth was platted in 1855. It was named from the town of Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, the birthplace of John Wesley. Epworth was incorporated as a city on November 20, 1879
Epworth is located at 42°26′45″N 90°55′52″W (42.445773, -90.931231).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.56 square miles (4.04 km2), all land.
Epworth is located along U.S. Route 20, and is about 12 miles west of Dubuque.
All public school students living in Epworth are zoned to schools in the Western Dubuque Community School District. Elementary school students are zoned to Epworth Elementary School (in Epworth) for grades K-5. Middle school students are zoned to Drexler Middle School (in nearby Farley, Iowa), and high schoolstudents are zoned to Western Dubuque High School, which is also in Epworth.
Like many other rural communities in Iowa, Epworth also has a private school. Seton Catholic Elementary School- Epworth is one of three buildings that comprise Seton Catholic Elementary School, and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque. For grades 1-2, students go to the building in Epworth, for grades 3-5, students attend the building in nearby Peosta, Iowa, and for grades 6-8, students go to the building in nearby Farley. For high school, parochial students attend Beckman High School in Dyersville, Iowa or Wahlert High School in Dubuque, Iowa.
Epworth is home to Divine Word College, which is a Roman Catholic seminary.