Cartersville, Iowa

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Cartersville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Cartersville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°59′40″N93°04′59″W / 42.99444°N 93.08306°W / 42.99444; -93.08306
Country United States
State Iowa
County Cerro Gordo
Elevation
1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 641
GNIS feature ID455193 [1]

Cartersville is an unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

A post office was established at Cartersville in 1900, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943. [2] [3] The community was named after the novel Col. Carter of Cartersville [4] by Francis Hopkinson Smith.

The population was 50 in 1940. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cartersville, Iowa
  2. ↑ "Cerro Gordo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cartersville Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 52.
  5. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 295.


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