Long Point, Iowa

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Long Point, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Long Point, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°56′43″N92°29′02″W / 41.94528°N 92.48389°W / 41.94528; -92.48389
Country United States
State Iowa
County Tama
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 641
GNIS feature ID464627 [1]

Long Point is an unincorporated community in Tama County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

A post office was established at Long Point in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1920. [2] [3] The community was named from a long point on the nearby Iowa River. [4] Long Point's population was 33 in 1902. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Point, Iowa
  2. ↑ "Tama County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Point Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 95.
  5. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
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