Fisk, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Fisk, Iowa is located in Iowa
Fisk, Iowa
Fisk, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°12′04″N 94°31′41″W / 41.20111°N 94.52806°W / 41.20111; -94.52806
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyAdair
Elevation
1,309 ft (399 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID464542[1]

Fisk is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States.[1]

History

Fisk was located in southwestern Adair County.

Fisk was established near the center of Richland Township.

The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870.[2]

By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery),[3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office.[4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins.[5]

In 1902, Fisk's population was 37,[6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28.[7] The population was 37 in 1940.[8]

A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisk, Iowa
  2. ↑ Lucian Moody Kilburn (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer publishing Company. pp. 148.
  3. ↑ General Assembly, Iowa (1904). Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Adair County 1901. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  7. ↑ General Rating Book. 1924. p. 278.
  8. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 299.
  9. ↑ LLC, Historic Map Works. "Richland Township, Fisk, Atlas: Adair County 1951, Iowa Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.


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