Rock Branch, Iowa

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Rock Branch, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Rock Branch, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°28′30″N95°55′05″W / 42.4750°N 95.9181°W / 42.4750; -95.9181
Country United States
State Iowa
County Woodbury
Elevation
1,430 ft (440 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 712
GNIS feature ID466265 [1]

Rock Branch is an unincorporated community in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

A post office was established at Rock Branch in 1872, and remained in operation until 1904. [2] The community took its name from Rock Creek. [3] Little remains of the original community. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Branch, Iowa
  2. ↑ "Woodbury County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "A tribute to those little places from the past that are no more: like Odd, Dodds, Wolfdale, Lozier". Moville Record. Oct 16, 2003. p. 1. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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