Canby, Iowa

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Canby, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Canby, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°25′02″N94°34′00″W / 41.41722°N 94.56667°W / 41.41722; -94.56667
Country United States
State Iowa
County Adair
Elevation
1,440 ft (440 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 641
GNIS feature ID465950 [1]

Canby is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1] A farmers' cooperative is located there, also a church, and a couple of homes, surrounded by extensive fields on all sides.

History

A post office called Canby was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1908. [2] A Quaker church of friends still stands near the town site. [3] Canby's population was 13 in 1902, [4] and 25 in 1925. [5]

Little remains of the original community. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canby, Iowa
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer Publishing Company. p.  91.
  4. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  5. ↑ 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. 1925. p. 190.
  6. ↑ Savage, Tom (August 1, 2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names. University of Iowa Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN   978-1-58729-759-5. The following is a list of town and post office names that are classified as abandoned...


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