Zion, Iowa

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Zion, Iowa
former unincorporated community
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A marker in Zion, at the site of the former school
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Zion, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°12′02″N94°17′56″W / 41.20056°N 94.29889°W / 41.20056; -94.29889
Country United States
State Iowa
County Adair
Elevation
1,204 ft (367 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID464814 [1]

Zion and Leith City are former unincorporated communities in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

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Geography

Zion was at the corner of Victor Avenue and County Highway G61. [2]

Leith City was in Section 20 of Union Township, [3] on Union Avenue.

History

A marker in Zion that lists important events in Union Township history ZionIowaMarkBack.jpg
A marker in Zion that lists important events in Union Township history

Zion, founded in the late 1800s in the center of Union Township, was home to the original Hill of Zion Christian Church, as well as a later replacement. The Zion Consolidated School District was formed in 1919, and at one point enrolled 165 students. [4]

Hill of Zion Church was built in Zion in 1892. Additions to the church were made in 1918 and again in 1927. The church could seat 300. The Zion school served all grades and had seven teachers in 1929. The area also had an active farm bureau. [5]

Leith City (later spelled Leath City) [6] was platted in 1902, less than a mile away from Zion in Sections 20 and 21. [7] Advertisements for electrified plots of land in Leith City ran in the Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory in 1905. [8] These communities did not incorporate.

Circa 1912, the Creston, Winterset and Des Moines Railway (CW&DM) was built through the area. [9]

Zion's population was just 6 in 1925. [10] Hill of Zion Cemetery is located in Zion, adjacent to the church.

The area holds an annual picnic. [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zion, Iowa
  2. ↑ Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin Ltd. 2021. pp. 46–47.
  3. ↑ "Plat book of Adair County, Iowa". W.W. Hixson and Co. 1930. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Adair County, Iowa history.html". genealogytrails.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  5. ↑ "A Community Center in the Open Country: Church, School and Township Farm Bureau Helped Union Township to Honor Roll". Wallace's Farmer. Des Moines, IA. January 18, 1929. pp. 1, 34. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "adair county iowa". www.iowaghosttowns.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ Mott, David C. (1930). "Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Offices of Iowa". The Annals of Iowa: 436. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1905. p. 872. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ Grant, H. Roger (2010). Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN   978-0-8166-6562-4.
  10. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hill of Zion Union Township Park Picnic". Creston News Advertiser. Creston, IA. September 24, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
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