Updegraff, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 42°41′02″N91°14′13″W / 42.6838786°N 91.2370776°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Clayton |
Elevation | 1,135 ft (346 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Zip codes | 52048 |
Area code | 563 |
GNIS feature ID | 462488 |
Updegraff is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. [1] [2] The county seat of Elkader lies approximately 15 miles to the northwest.
Updegraff's population was 27 in 1902. [3]
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Thomas Updegraff was an American attorney, politician, and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress.
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Luman Hamlin Weller was a United States Greenback Party member. In the 1880s, he served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a representative of Iowa's 4th congressional district, then in rural northeastern Iowa. Once elected, he became nationally known as "Calamity" Weller, and did not survive his next election. He later went on to become one of the leading Populists in Iowa.
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Updegraff may refer to:
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