Amund, Iowa

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Amund, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Amund, Iowa is located in Iowa
Amund, Iowa
Amund, Iowa
Coordinates: 43°28′24″N 93°47′36″W / 43.47333°N 93.79333°W / 43.47333; -93.79333Coordinates: 43°28′24″N 93°47′36″W / 43.47333°N 93.79333°W / 43.47333; -93.79333
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyWinnebago
Elevation
1,240 ft (380 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)641
GNIS feature ID464046[1]

Amund was a rural unincorporated community in Eden Township, Winnebago County, Iowa, United States.[1] It is located along county highways A16 and R34.[2]

History[]

Winnebago county Iowa 1903

A post office operated in Amund from 1888 to 1907.[3][4] The community may have been named for Amund Fosness, who brought mail. It had a skimming station, store, and blacksmith shop, among other similar concerns. A school was located a mile north of the store.[5][6]

Amund's population, in 1902, was 22.[7]

The community was meant to serve the farming community, and the lack of a railroad led to its dissolution. The local Forest City Summit newspaper reported in 1955 that the former location was still known as Amund corner. It noted that early settlers remembered Fourth of July celebrations at Amund with baseball games and bowery dances.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Amund, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation-Winnebago
  3. ^ "Amund Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ^ (3 April 1907). Amund Office May Close, Forest City Summit
  5. ^ (27 November 1980). Early post offices dotted Winnebago County, The Forest City Summit, p. A-13
  6. ^ (3 March 1897). Amund is Prosperous, Winnebago Summit
  7. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  8. ^ (28 July 1955). Ancestors Retain Eden Farms, Forest City Summit


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