Grant City, Iowa

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Grant City, Iowa
Grant City, Iowa is located in Iowa
Grant City, Iowa
Grant City, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°16′03″N 94°53′16″W / 42.26750°N 94.88778°W / 42.26750; -94.88778Coordinates: 42°16′03″N 94°53′16″W / 42.26750°N 94.88778°W / 42.26750; -94.88778
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountySac
Elevation
1,161 ft (354 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)712
GNIS feature ID457062[1]

Grant City is an unincorporated community in Sac County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1] The community is located one mile north of Auburn, at the junction of Xavier Avenue and Yankee Avenue.

History[]

A post office was established at Grant City in 1862, and operated until 1912.[2] Grant City's population was estimated at 250 in 1887,[3] and was 95 in 1925.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grant City, Iowa
  2. ^ "GNIS Detail - Grant City Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
  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.
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