Dewar, Iowa

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Dewar, Iowa
Unincorporated town
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Dewar, Iowa
Location within the state of Iowa
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Dewar, Iowa
Dewar, Iowa (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°31′32″N92°13′09″W / 42.52556°N 92.21917°W / 42.52556; -92.21917
Country United States
State Iowa
County Black Hawk
Elevation
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889 ft (271 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
50623
Area code 319
GNIS feature ID455900 [1]

Dewar is an unincorporated town in eastern Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. It lies northeast of the city of Waterloo, the county seat of Black Hawk County. [2] Although Dewar is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 50623, [3] which opened on 25 October 1887. [4]

History

Dewar (formerly known as Emert) was platted in 1888. [5] Dewar's population was 22 in 1902, [6] and 40 in 1925. [7] The population was 84 in 1940. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dewar, Iowa
  2. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 39.
  3. ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dewar Post Office
  5. ↑ Hartman, John C. (1915). History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 307. ISBN   9785878945356.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 298.


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