Kent

(Iowa)

Kent is a former city and current hamlet in Union County, Iowa, United States. The population was 52 at the 2000 census. In 2003, after years of rural flight, the depopulated city was disincorporated, ending its existence as a self-governing community within the county. As of the 2010 census, Kent had become defined by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place, for data organization purposes, with an overall population of 61. By the time of the 2020 census, the population had dropped to 37.