Official Name: | Abingdon, Iowa |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Abingdon |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson County |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 41.0822°N -92.1392°W |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 454078 |
Abingdon is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Road H33 (Brookville Road) and Cedar Avenue, near the west edge of Jefferson County, at 41.082036N, -92.138772W.[1]
Abingdon was founded by Colonel Thomas McCollough in August 1849 and named after Abingdon, Virginia. It was informally named Bogus because one early settler was "alleged to have been a counterfeiter".[2]
Abingdon's population was 306 in 1902,[3] 300 in 1925,[4] 60 in 1940,[5] and 140 in 1960.[6]