Get me lost in Iowa

[RoseClone]

This is a neat site to check out about small or abandoned towns in Iowa

http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/

 

[greennblack]

This is a neat site to check out about small or abandoned towns in Iowa

Home

Astor, walkertown(a suburb of manilla), buck grove and it's three exits!

 

[GrindingAway]

Rockwell city ring a bell? Maybe Twin Lakes?
Yeah.. i go to school at MSU

RCL class of 95 - yeah it rings a bell.

 

[DesertClone1]

RCL class of 95 - yeah it rings a bell.

wow, Class of 2011!

 

[clone99]

Killduff iowa, losing its post office, Montour IA, also losing it's post office

 

[GrindingAway]

RCL class of 95 - yeah it rings a bell.

wow, Class of 2011!

Dang I'm old. You probably had a good friend of mine as a science teacher.

 

[jimmy22]

Buck Grove, Kesley, Austinville.

 

[DesertClone1]

Dang I'm old. You probably had a good friend of mine as a science teacher.

Hinrichs? he was also my hurdle Coach too

 

[Knighthawk90]

Plain View, has a bar called slabys- just west of maysville
Big rock, between wheat land and Dixon
Oswego, only a cemetery now, south of oelwein
German valley, up by titonka
Alpha, up by west gate and hawkeye
Grew up in oelwein and road my bike to randalia

 

[MaxPower57]

Clay Mills, IA - 1 house

 

[Cyvilian]

Clay Mills, IA - 1 house

Beats Brookville--it has 2 houses.

 

[chuckd4735]

Ha. Two of those are in my home county.

Dubuque?

 

[HOTDON]

Top 10 Smallest Towns in Iowa (as of 2010 census)1) Beaconsfield - 151) Le Roy - 153) Athelstan - 194) Durango - 225) Hepburn - 235) Pioneer - 237) Bankston - 257) Delphos - 259) Corley - 2610) Otranto - 27Note: Some of these are simply designated census places, may not be actual incorporated towns (Athelstand, Corley & Otranto are such places).

Just drove by Pioneer on my way to the Lakes. Made me think of this list, but I didn't think it was THAT small. Wow.

 

[Cab4cy]

Sounds like you are someone who knows the area well. I actually graduated from Everly HS back in the day. Have a younger brother who was in the last class to graduate from Everly before in bacame CC-E.

I also was in that last class from old Everly High, being there was only 16 of us thinking I might know you.

 

[GrindingAway]

Dang I'm old. You probably had a good friend of mine as a science teacher.

Hinrichs? he was also my hurdle Coach too

That's him.

 

[d4cy]

The Enterprise, IA thread got me thinking about this, and it is discussed to some extent in there. Any of us that grew up in rural Iowa had one of those "towns" nearby that are nothing more than a couple houses and maybe a store, a church, or a gas station. Most of them are probably unicorporated now, if they ever were. What's your's?

I had a couple of them. The first was Elon. It's now 4 houses and what's left of the building that used to be the Old Elon Store. It's about 7-8 miles east of Waukon, and is a suburb of Waterville. Waterville still has their elementary school, but the bank, the creamery, and the post office have all long since closed down. If you pass through either of these places, odds are you're on a road trip.

I grew up 2 miles north of waterville and also am a waterville elementary alum. Have a brother that was a '92 waukon graduate and I was a '02 waukon grad.... Good to see another watervillian! Now to try to figure out who you are...

 

[CarolinaCy]

Plover, IA - north of Pocahontas. 2010 population - 77. Used to have a really good mexican restaurant that my parents stumbled upon maybe 15-20 years ago. I'm sure it's long gone now.

 

[wartknight]

Buck Grove, Kesley, Austinville.

Butler County REPRESENT!

 

[Al_4_State]

I got lost in Iowa today. Locust, Bonair, and New Oregon were all in my travels.

 

[Turbo]

Corley, population 26.

I had a great uncle who lived there. Haven't been there for a long time