Epworth is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,023 at the 2020 census, up from 1,428 in 2000.
Isaac Ebey is the first permanent U.S. settler on Whidbey Island on October 15, 1850. (historylink.org)On October 15, 1850, Col. Isaac N. Ebey (1818-1857) files a claim on Whidbey Island under the Donation Land Law, less than a month after its passage. Col. Ebey’s claim is located in an area later called Ebey’s Prairie, west of the future town of Coupeville. Ebey’s Landing, the coastal area of the property, is on the west shore of the island.