Ivester, Iowa

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Ivester, Iowa
unincorporated community
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Ivester, Iowa
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Ivester, Iowa
Ivester, Iowa (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°20′23″N92°56′39″W / 42.33972°N 92.94417°W / 42.33972; -92.94417
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Grundy County
Elevation
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1,119 ft (341 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID464591 [1]

Ivester is an unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.

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Geography

Ivester is located on County Road T19 9 miles (14 km) west of Grundy Center. It is in Melrose Township. [2]

History

Founded in 1871, Ivester was named after Charles Ivester Keiter, the editor of The Atlas, a Grundy Center newspaper. [3]

Ivester had a post office [4] and a German Baptist Church in the late 1800s. Founded in 1871, the congregation is still active as the Ivester Church of the Bretheren. [5] Circa 1915, Iverster was also the site of a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a creamery. [6]

The post office at Ivester closed in 1904. [7]

In 2019, after ten years of debate, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved a 35-mill wind farm in Ivester. The wind farm was controversial, drawing both detractors and supporters. [8]

The Ivester site is sometimes referred to as a ghost town. [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ivester, Iowa
  2. ↑ Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin, Ltd. 2021. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 116. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN   1-58729-531-8.
  4. ↑ United States Official Postal Guide (1896), George F. Lasher, Printer. p. 350.
  5. ↑ "Find a Church – Church of the Brethren congregations". Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ Sommer, Christian N. (1915). The Progressive Medical Guide: A Domestic Medical Book Accompanying the Progressive Medicine Case for the Treatment of Man & Animals.
  7. ↑ Old Post Offices: Grundy County, IA [ permanent dead link ] IAGenWeb.com Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Supervisors give final approval on Ivester Wind Farm". The Grundy Register. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Grundy County Iowa". www.iowaghosttowns.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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