Casey's current estimated population is 363, a decrease of 60% from its 1920 peak of 908. It not has fewer residents than it did during the 1870s.
Growing up in Casey in the 70s, Mullen Conrad didn't pay much attention to the town's past or aging infrastructure. She remembers living in a funeral home where her father served as a funeral director, and going to the Duncan Library and the park. The 0.7-square-mile town, situated about 45 minutes west of Des Moines and today home to 387 residents, has always been a close-knit community, she says.
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