Yorkshire, Iowa

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Yorkshire, Iowa
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Yorkshire, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°31′14″N95°34′48″W / 41.52056°N 95.58000°W / 41.52056; -95.58000
Country United States
State Iowa
County Harrison
Elevation
1,175 ft (358 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID463247 [1]

Yorkshire is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

Yorkshire was founded with the arrival of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. Yorkshire was platted in June 1872 by the railroad company and a store was built soon thereafter. [2] Yorkshire was the stop between Persia, Iowa, and Neola, Iowa. [3] The Yorkshire Post Office opened on November 3, 1885, [4] and a number of businesses soon followed.

Yorkshire's population was 25 in 1887, [5] 30 in 1902, [6] and 34 in 1925. [7]

On June 3, 1925, a pair of tornadoes, estimated at F4 (possibly F5) intensity on the Fujita scale, struck Yorkshire and nearby Persia. The damage was widespread in both communities, and in Yorkshire, the community "lost a depot, local store, church, schoolhouse and a number of residential homes." An infant was killed near Persia. [2] [8]

The Yorkshire Post Office closed on October 30, 1943. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yorkshire, Iowa
  2. 1 2 "Persia and Yorkshire, Harrison County, Iowa" . Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Passenger Train Schedules" (PDF). 1910.
  4. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Yorkshire Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  7. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
  8. ↑ Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films. p. 799. ISBN   1-879362-03-1.


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