we decided to find our own lost town. The town we found is Bentley. 30 years ago, Bentley was on this Iowa map today. It's gone. But is it really gone? Certainly not gone to James Ballard.

Those figures show that two-thirds of Iowa counties lost population between 2010 and 2017: 71 counties lost residents, while 28 saw gains. This map shows the distribution of the population ...