Vista, Iowa

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Vista, Iowa
former unincorporated community
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Vista, Iowa
Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 42°24′48″N91°59′14″W / 42.41333°N 91.98722°W / 42.41333; -91.98722
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State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Buchanan County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Vista was an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. [1] It was located at the junction of local roads Freeman Avenue and 260th Street.

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Geography

Vista was in Section 26 of Westburg Township, [2] at the junction of Freeman Avenue and 260th Street. [3]

History

Vista was in west-central Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1903 Buchanan County Iowa 1903.png
Vista was in west-central Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1903

Founded in the 19th century, Vista appeared on maps as early as the 1870s. [4]

The Methodist Church in Vista was organized in 1878. By 1914, it had 35 members in its congregation, and the building was originally used by Baptists. [5]

The Vista post office opened in 1889 and closed in either 1903 [2] or 1904. [6] The History of Buchanan County, Iowa states the Vista Post office closed on December 31, 1904. [5]

Vista's population was 28 in 1917. [7]

By the 1930s and 1940s, Vista was considered a former village, appearing in lists of former towns and villages alongside Shady Grove, Kiene, Newtonville, Atlantic, Gatesville, Coytown, Castleville, Monti, Middlefield, and the original Hazleton townsite; [2] [8] only a few farmhouses remain.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vista, Iowa
  2. 1 2 3 "Pioneer Village of Iowa Died Hard; Mott Lists Some Old Buchanan Names". The Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, IA. November 19, 1930. p. 17. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin Limited. 2021. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Chappell, Harry Church; Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa: And Its People. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 285. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  6. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Vista Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Coytown, Mudville, Erin Now Abandoned Villages". The Independence Bulletin-Journal - Souvenir Centennial Issue. Independence, IA. June 12, 1947. p. 60. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
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