Killduff, Iowa

Killduff, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Killduff is located in Iowa
Killduff
Killduff
Location within the state of Iowa
Killduff is located in the United States
Killduff
Killduff
Killduff (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°36′29″N 92°54′17″W / 41.60806°N 92.90472°W / 41.60806; -92.90472
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyJasper
Elevation
922 ft (281 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
50137
GNIS feature ID458072

Killduff is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jasper County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads southeast of the city of Newton, the county seat of Jasper County.[1]

History

Killduff has a post office which opened on July 2, 1883.[2]

Killduff was once located on the Iowa Central Railway. Killduff's population was 69 in 1902,[3] and 85 in 1925.[4]

In 1912, Killduff contained a post office, two stores, a lumber yard, and a blacksmith shop.[5] The population was 85 in 1940.[6]

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 39.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Killduff Post Office
  3. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Weaver, James Baird (1912). Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 288.
  6. ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 303.


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