Nansen, Iowa

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Nansen, Iowa
unincorporated community
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Nansen, Iowa
Coordinates: 43°06′43″N92°14′16″W / 43.11194°N 92.23778°W / 43.11194; -92.23778
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Chickasaw County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Nansen was an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States. It was at the junction of 170th Street and Pembroke Avenue. [1]

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History

Nansen in Chickasaw County, Iowa, in 1903 Chickasaw County Iowa 1903.png
Nansen in Chickasaw County, Iowa, in 1903

Nansen was established in Section 10 of Jacksonville Township, [2] [note 1] a few miles northeast of the county seat of New Hampton.

Nansen's post office operated from 1897 to 1904. [3] The community's population was 22 in 1902. [4]

Nansen was noted in a 1932 article about Chickasaw County's lost villages. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ The name was misspelled as Mansen in the 1930 Annals of Iowa publication; this was noted and corrected in the 1931 edition.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nansen, Iowa
  2. ↑ Mott, David C. (1930). "Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Offices of Iowa". p. 459. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ GNIS Detail - Nansen Post Office (historical).
  4. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  5. ↑ "Chickasaw County's Abandoned Villages". Nashua Reporter. January 27, 1932. p. 1.
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