Arbor Hill, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°22′00″N94°19′06″W / 41.36667°N 94.31833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Adair County |
Elevation | 344 m (1,129 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 641 |
Arbor Hill is an unincorporated community or ghost town [1] in Adair County, Iowa, United States. [2]
It is located on County Road P28, south of Stuart, at 41.366543N, -94.317809W. [3]
A post office was established at Arbor Hill in 1857, the name was changed to Arborhill in 1895, and the post office closed in 1907. [4] [5]
Arbor Hill's population was 58 in 1902. [6] The community was once home to the Arbor Hill Co-Operative Creamery Company, [7] a blacksmith shop, [1] and a general store; [1] the Port Union Mill dam was located one half mile west of Arbor Hill, on the Middle River. [8] The community (at that time known as Arborhill) was the site of the Seventh Annual Old Settlers and Old Soldiers Reunion, held on August 12, 13, and 14, 1908. [9]
The Methodist church in Greenfield, constructed in 1877, was built from lumber cut near Arbor Hill. [10]
Arborhill's population was 68 in 1924. [11] The 1930 plat book of Adair County shows Arbor Hill platted in the southeast quadrant of Section 20 of Harrison Township, with the community covering one quarter square mile. [12]
Arbor Hill's population was 12 in 1940. [13]
In 2018, the Arbor Hill Wind Farm project began, with the MidAmerican Energy Company building enough wind turbines in Arbor Hill and nearby Orient to power 230,000 homes. [14]
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