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Bennettsville, Iowa

Coordinates: 42°21′36″N 90°43′41″W / 42.36000°N 90.72806°W / 42.36000; -90.72806
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Bennettsville, Iowa
Bennettsville, Iowa is located in Iowa
Bennettsville, Iowa
Bennettsville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°21′36″N 90°43′41″W / 42.36000°N 90.72806°W / 42.36000; -90.72806
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyDubuque County
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code712
GNIS feature ID464164[1]

Bennettsville (also known as Bennettville) was an unincorporated community in Dubuque County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Geography

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Bennettsville was located at 42°21′36″N 90°43′41″W / 42.36000°N 90.72806°W / 42.36000; -90.72806,[1] at the junction of Bennettville Road and St. Joes Prairie Road.

History

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Bennettsville was founded in Section 9 of Washington Township, Dubuque County.[2] The name of the community has also been spelled Bennettville.[3]

The post office was established in June 1891. James J. Cota served as postmaster.[4] The Bennettsville post office also served as the store.[5] Circa 1901, Bennettville had a school.[6]

The community's population was 8 in 1890.[7] Bennettsville's post office was discontinued in either 1897[2] or 1900.[8]

See also

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Washington Mills, Iowa

References

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  1. ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Howe, Samuel Storrs; Parvin, Theodore Sutton; Lloyd, Frederick; Huff, Sanford W.; Aldrich, Charles; Harlan, Edgar Rubey (1850). Annals of Iowa. Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives. p. 520.
  3. ^ Oldt, Franklin T. (1911). History of Dubuque County, Iowa: Being a General Survey of Dubuque County History, Including a History of the City of Dubuque and Special Account of Districts Throughout the County, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Goodspeed Historical Association. p. 670.
  4. ^ "Iowa Postmasters". Burlington Hawk Eye. June 10, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Bennetsville Burglars". Dubuque Daily Herald. 1888. p. 4. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Table Mound". Dubuque Daily Times. March 7, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  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. p. 368.
  8. ^ "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.