Carnforth, Iowa

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

Carnforth, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Carnforth, Iowa is located in Iowa
Carnforth, Iowa
Carnforth, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°43′20″N 92°20′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyPoweshiek
Elevation
830 ft (250 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID455178[1]

History

A post office was established as Manatt in 1884, and renamed Carnforth after two months.[2] The Carnforth post office was discontinued in 1907.[3] A railroad official selected the place name Carnforth from a book he was reading at the time.[4] Carnforth's population was 33 in 1902,[5] and 40 in 1925.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnforth, Iowa
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnforth Post Office (historical)
  3. "Poweshiek County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 52.
  5. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). 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. p. 190.


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