Farrar, Iowa

Farrar, Iowa
Farrar, Iowa
Unincorporated community
	Farrar, Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°48′21″N 93°22′12″W / 41.80583°N 93.37000°WCoordinates: 41°48′21″N 93°22′12″W / 41.80583°N 93.37000°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Polk
Government
• Mayor	Zack Stiles
Elevation	974 ft (297 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	515
GNIS feature ID	456558

Farrar is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States.^[1] An unused elementary school building and one church are located in Farrar and 13 houses. The mayor of Farrar is Zach Stiles.

History[]

Farrar owes its development to the railroad line that was developed through the area in 1902-1903 ^[2] , and was consequently named in honor of one of the railroad employees involved in the creation of that line. A post office was established in 1904.^[3]

Farrar's population was 42 in 1925.^[4]

Education[]

The Bondurant–Farrar Community School District operates local area public schools.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Farrar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
^ Richard C. Carpenter (2013). A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota. ISBN 9781421401461.
^ Tom Savage (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names. ISBN 9781587295317.
^ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
^ "FY20 BONDURANT-FARRAR" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

External links[]

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[gnis-1] "Farrar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[2] Richard C. Carpenter (2013). A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota. ISBN 9781421401461.

[3] Tom Savage (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names. ISBN 9781587295317.

[4] Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.

[5] "FY20 BONDURANT-FARRAR" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Des Moines
Cities	Alleman Altoona Ankeny Bondurant Carlisle‡ Clive‡ Des Moines‡ Elkhart Granger‡ Grimes‡ Johnston Mitchellville‡ Norwalk‡ Pleasant Hill Polk City Runnells Sheldahl‡ Urbandale‡ West Des Moines‡ Windsor Heights
Townships	Allen Beaver Bloomfield Camp Clay Crocker Delaware Des Moines Douglas Elkhart Four Mile Franklin Jefferson Lee Lincoln Madison Saylor Union Walnut Washington Webster
CDP	Saylorville
Other communities	Avon Berwick Crocker Enterprise Farrar Herrold Oralabor Saylor
Ghost town	Dudley Zook Spur
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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