Dalby, Iowa

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Dalby, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Dalby, Iowa
Coordinates: 43°15′51″N91°16′26″W / 43.26417°N 91.27389°W / 43.26417; -91.27389
Country United States
State Iowa
County Allamakee
Elevation
1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 563
GNIS feature ID464511

Dalby is an unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. [1] The community was settled by Scandinavians and was first settled in the mid-1800s.

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Geography

Dalby is located at the junction of county highway A52 and X32, in Center Township. [2] It is around 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Lansing. [3]

History

A 1917 map of Center Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, showing the location of Dalby and nearby Elon. Center Township Allamakee County Iowa.png
A 1917 map of Center Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, showing the location of Dalby and nearby Elon.

Dalby was founded in Center Township. A post office was opened in Dalby in 1869, and it remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1885. [4] [5] The community was named after Dalby in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway. [6]

The Dalby School, also called Center Township School #7, was built in 1851 and still existed in 1932. [7]

The Norwegian Lutheran Church and an associated cemetery were located in Dalby. [8] This church, now known as the Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church, still operates. [9]

Other Dalby businesses and organizations, circa the 1880s, included the Scandinavian Mutual Protective Association. [10]

The community still appears on official Iowa Department of Transportation maps. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dalby, Iowa
  2. ↑ Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin, Ltd. 2021. pp. 22–23.
  3. ↑ Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World. J.B. Lippincott & Company. 1880. p. 582. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Allamakee County". Iowa Ghost Towns. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ Howe, Samuel Storrs; Parvin, Theodore Sutton; Lloyd, Frederick; Huff, Sanford W.; Aldrich, Charles; Harlan, Edgar Rubey (1929). Annals of Iowa. Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives. p. 438. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Norway in America - Iowa". slettebo.no. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Allamakee Co. IAGenWeb - School Records". iagenweb.org. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ Center Township, Dalby, Atlas: Allamakee County 1886 Version 2, Iowa Historical Map. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Local Resources". iagenweb.org. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ Iowa Insurance Report for the Year 1882. Des Moines, IA: F.M. Mills. 1882. p. 39. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Allamakee County, Iowa" (PDF). Iowa Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
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