The district decided to demolish Denmark Elementary in 2012. Ken Marang, the superintendent, stated that the "outdated" building had problems with mold and water leakage and that the fact that "doors open out into the hallways" made it "unsafe". Circa 2013 some residents were calling for the school to be dismantled and the land given to the community. Notable people Frank Leverett, geologist, was born near Denmark. Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, women's suffrage activist, author, and lawyer, lived in Denmark as a child. Ephraim Adams, town founder, missionary, minister, abolitionist, early founder and President of the board of Trustees for Iowa College. Moved to Denmark in 1843, at 25 years old. See also Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa References Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area