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Earling is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States. The population was 397 at the time of the 2020 census.

Earling city overview:
Name:	Earling city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Shelby County
Elevation:	1,342 ft (409 m)
Total Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Land Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	397
Population Density:	629.16/sq mi (242.97/km²)
ZIP code:	51530
Area code:	712
FIPS code:	1923385
GNISfeature ID:	0456105

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History

Earling had its start 1881-1882 by the building of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway through that territory.

The town was platted in 1882 by the Milwaukee Land Company and was first known as Marthan. However, there was already a town called Marathon in Iowa, so the name of the town was soon changed to Earling, in honor of Albert J. Earling who in 1882 was division superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. (Earling became president of the said Railroad on September 23, 1899.)

Earling is well known in paranormal circles for being the site of the 1928 exorcism of Anna Ecklund. Over 23 days in 1928, a Roman Catholic Capuchin named Theophilus Riesinger worked to exorcise demons from Emma Schmidt at the local Franciscan convent. One of the priests involved wrote an account several years later in which he made a variety of supernatural claims, including that Ecklund flew threw the air during the exorcism and clung to the wall over a door, that locals noticed strange noises and odors, and that the 23 day exorcism resulted in the expulsion of several demons from Ecklund.