Horton, Iowa

Horton, Iowa
unincorporated community
Horton, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°50′51″N92°28′32″W / 42.84750°N 92.47556°W / 42.84750; -92.47556
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Bremer
Elevation	955 ft (291 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Horton is an unincorporated community in Polk Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.

Geography

Horton lies at the junction of Iowa Highway 188 and County Road V14. It is three miles east of Plainfield.

History

Horton in Bremer County, Iowa, in 1903

Horton was plated by C.A. Lease in 1856. A sawmill had previously been built during the winter of 1955-1856.

The Horton post office was established in 1857, and a schoolhouse, the first frame schoolhouse in Polk Township, was built in 1859. These buildings were soon joined by a store, a blacksmith shop, and houses. ^[1]

Horton's population was 75 in 1887, ^[2] was 70 in 1902, ^[3] and was 79 in 1917. ^[4] Horton's population had increased to 100 in 1925, ^[5] but the town's fortunes began to decline after that.

The Horton post office closed in 1907. ^[6]

References

1. Grawe, Joseph F. (1914). History of Bremer County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 200–202.
2. Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
3. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
4. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
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. "GNIS Detail - Horton Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-25.