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  Lanyon Location within the state of Iowa  Lanyon Lanyon (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°13′20.92″N94°11′42.86″W / 42.2224778°N 94.1952389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Webster |
| Elevation | 1,138 ft (347 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 50544 |
Lanyon is an unincorporated community in Lost Grove Township in Webster County, Iowa.
It is located 17 miles south of the county seat of Fort Dodge, 2.65 miles south and one mile west of Harcourt (on U.S. Route 169), and 3.3 miles north and 4.5 miles west of Boxholm. Lanyon consists of seven blocks, bounded on the north by 390th Street, and on the east by Lanyon Avenue.
Lanyon's elevation is 1,171 feet (357 m). [1]
The community was founded by Swedish emigrants, [2] part of a migration from Knox County, Illinois in the 1860s. [3] The population was 105 in 1940. [4]
It is located on the diagonal route of a former interurban railroad between Boone and Rockwell City, which was used by the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad until the 1960s. [5] A station at Layton was opened in 1899 to serve a railway laid that year by the Marshalltown and Dakota Railroad Company to carry coal mined near Fraser northwest to connections at Gowrie. [6] A Lanyon Post Office was established in 1900, [7] the Lanyon Mutual Telephone Company was established in 1903, and the Bank of Lanyon, Lanyon Well Company, and (until the early 1960s) Lanyon Consolidated School. Lanyon is now within the Prairie Valley Community School District.
It includes the Evangelical Covenant Church, founded in 1877 and located in Lanyon since 1909.
Previously it was in the Prairie Valley Community School District, [8] which formed on July 1, 1993 with the merger of the Cedar Valley Community School District and the Prairie Community School District. [9] Prairie Valley CSD merged into the Southeast Valley Community School District in 2023. This district includes the Southeast Valley Middle School in Burnside and Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie. [10]
Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 214,133 as of the 2020 census. The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 81st in terms of population in the United States, with 709,466 residents according to the 2020 census by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state.
Boone is a city in Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States.
Boxholm is a city in Grant Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 181 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.
Fraser is a city in Dodge Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 101 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames–Boone Combined Statistical Area. The city is located along the Des Moines River.
Pilot Mound is a city in Pilot Mound Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 163 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.
Farnhamville is a city in Calhoun and Webster counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 383 at the time of the 2020 census.
Rinard is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 38 at the time of the 2020 census.
Somers is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 128 at the time of the 2020 census.
Callender is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 368 at the time of the 2020 census.
Coalville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 610 at the 2010 census. The community is located on U.S. Route 20 near Fort Dodge's large gypsum mines.
Gowrie is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 952 at the time of the 2020 census. The town has a swimming pool, golf course, athletic stadium, and curb-and-gutter throughout the community.
Lehigh is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 395 at the time of the 2020 census.
The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately 525 miles (845 km) long from its farther headwaters. The largest river flowing across the state of Iowa, it rises in southern Minnesota and flows across Iowa from northwest to southeast, passing from the glaciated plains into the unglaciated hills near the capital city of Des Moines, named after the river, in the center of the state. The river continues to flow in a southeastern direction away from Des Moines, later flowing directly into the Mississippi River.
Prairie Valley Community School District was a rural public K-12 school district with a district seat in Gowrie, Iowa.
Burnside is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,138 feet (347 m). Burnside has a post office with the ZIP code 50521.
Lincoln Township is a township in Polk County, Iowa, United States. It contains the town of Alleman, and portions of Sheldahl, Ankeny and Polk City. All but the northeast corner of the township attends the North Polk Community School District, in Alleman. Fourmile creek runs through the township, and is the only continuous waterway through the township.
Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District was a rural public school district headquartered in Burnside, Iowa. It, along with Prairie Valley Community School District, operated under the name Southeast Valley and they are the Jaguars. The district occupied sections of Boone and Webster counties, with a small portion in Greene County. It served Boxholm, Dayton, Fraser, Harcourt, Lehigh, and Pilot Mound.
Southeast Valley High School is a high school in Gowrie, Iowa, United States, operated by the Southeast Valley Community School District.
Southeast Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Gowrie, Iowa.
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