Cottage, Iowa
Cottage, Iowa | |
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former unincorporated community | |
Cottage, Iowa | |
Coordinates: 42°24′16″N 93°18′37″W / 42.40444°N 93.31028°WCoordinates: 42°24′16″N 93°18′37″W / 42.40444°N 93.31028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Hardin |
Elevation | 1,112 ft (339 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 466249[1] |
Cottage was an unincorporated community in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]
History[]
A post office named Cottage was established in Ellis Township in Section 29 in 1860; this was later moved to Section 32. Andrew Bronson established a store in Cottage in 1870. W.A. Caraway established a cheese factory and a general store in Cottage in 1881–1882. A.P. Jensen established a blacksmith shop in 1874.[2] Cottage Community Church also operated in the community.
Cottage's population was 52 in 1902,[3] but over the years, the community dissolved.
References[]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottage, Iowa
- ^ History of Hardin County, Iowa, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens: History of Iowa, Embracing Accounts of the Prehistoric Races, and a Brief Review of Its Civil, Political and Military History. Union Publishing Company. 1883. pp. 657–658.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Iowa
- Unincorporated communities in Iowa
- Central Iowa geography stubs