Ion, Iowa

Ion, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Ion, Iowa is located in Iowa
Ion, Iowa
Ion, Iowa
Coordinates: 43°06′46″N 91°15′43″W / 43.11278°N 91.26194°W / 43.11278; -91.26194
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyAllamakee
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code563
GNIS feature ID464590[1]

Ion is an unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.[1]

History

Ion in Allamakee County, Iowa, in 1903

Ion was platted in 1855 [2] and was named after a character in a novel, one of the settlers had recently read.[3] Ion's population was 52 in 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ion, Iowa
  2. ^ W. E. Alexander (1882). History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa. Western Publishing Company. pp. 398.
  3. ^ Ellery M. Hancock (1913). Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. pp. 271.
  4. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.


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