Zenorsville, Iowa

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Zenorsville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Zenorsville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°06′26″N93°43′05″W / 42.10722°N 93.71806°W / 42.10722; -93.71806
Country United States
State Iowa
County Boone
Elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 515
GNIS feature ID464813 [1]

Zenorsville (or Zenorville) is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

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Geography

Zenorsville is located at 42°06′26″N93°43′05″W / 42.10722°N 93.71806°W / 42.10722; -93.71806 , [1] in the northeastern part of Jackson Township.

History

Zenorsville was founded in Section 12 [2] of Jackson Township after the discovery of coal deposits in the mid-1870s. At its peak, Zenorsville had around 400 residents. The community had a store, school, blacksmith shop, other businesses, and a church. [3]

Several mines in Zenorsville operated. The coal was considered the best in the state, according to a 1909 state geological survey. However, coal mining in Zenorsville was discontinued sometime prior to 1909. [4] An 1886 mining report blamed the decline in coal mining in Zenorsville on a new rail line north from Ames. [5]

The post office at Zenorsville was established in 1876 and was discontinued in 1900. [6]

A 1914 history of Boone County states that when the mines declined, the shanties in Zenorsville were sold and removed, as residents moved elsewhere. [3]

Zenorsville's population was estimated at 300 in 1887, [7] and was 367 in 1902. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zenorsville, Iowa
  2. ↑ Republican Atlas of Boone County, Iowa. 1902.
  3. 1 2 Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 222.
  4. ↑ Iowa Geological Survey. Published for the Iowa Geological Survey. 1909. pp. 76, 579.
  5. ↑ Iowa (1886). Legislative Documents. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Zenorsville Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.


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