Fisk, Iowa

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Fisk, Iowa
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Fisk, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°12′04″N94°31′41″W / 41.20111°N 94.52806°W / 41.20111; -94.52806 Coordinates: 41°12′04″N94°31′41″W / 41.20111°N 94.52806°W / 41.20111; -94.52806
Country United States
State Iowa
County Adair
Elevation
1,309 ft (399 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 641
GNIS feature ID464542 [1]

Fisk is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

Fisk was located in southwestern Adair County. Adair County, Iowa map from 1903.png
Fisk was located in southwestern Adair County.

Fisk was established near the center of Richland Township.

The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870. [2]

By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery), [3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office. [4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins. [5]

In 1902, Fisk's population was 37, [6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28. [7]

A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisk, Iowa
  2. ↑ Lucian Moody Kilburn (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer publishing Company. pp.  148.
  3. ↑ General Assembly, Iowa (1904). Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Adair County 1901 . Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  5. ↑ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  7. ↑ General Rating Book. 1924. p. 278.
  8. ↑ LLC, Historic Map Works. "Richland Township, Fisk, Atlas: Adair County 1951, Iowa Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.



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