River Junction, Iowa

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River Junction, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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River Junction
Coordinates: 41°29′26″N91°29′49″W / 41.49056°N 91.49694°W / 41.49056; -91.49694 Coordinates: 41°29′26″N91°29′49″W / 41.49056°N 91.49694°W / 41.49056; -91.49694
Country United States
State Iowa
County Johnson
Elevation
650 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 319
GNIS feature ID460649 [1]

River Junction is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. [1] It was named after its location at the confluence of the English and Iowa Rivers.

River Junction was founded in 1873. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "River Junction, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Aurner, Clarence Ray (1912). Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa, History, Volume 1. Western Historical Press. p. 168.


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