Arbor Hill, Iowa Explained

Official Name:Arbor Hill, Iowa
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Iowa#USA
Mapsize:250x200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Adair County
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1129
Area Code:641
Coordinates:41.3667°N -94.3183°W

Arbor Hill is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States.

Geography

It is located on County Road P28, south of Stuart, at 41.366543N, -94.317809W.[1]

History

A post office was established at Arbor Hill in 1857, the name was changed to Arborhill in 1895, and the post office closed in 1907.[2] [3]

Arbor Hill's population was 58 in 1902.[4] The community was once home to the Arbor Hill Co-Operative Creamery Company,[5] a blacksmith shop,[6] and a general store; the Port Union Mill dam was located one half mile west of Arbor Hill, on the Middle River.[7] The community (at that time known as Arborhill) was the site of the Seventh Annual Old Settlers and Old Soldiers Reunion, held on August 12, 13, and 14, 1908.[8]

The Methodist church in Greenfield, constructed in 1877, was built from lumber cut near Arbor Hill.[9]

Arborhill's population was 68 in 1924.[10] The 1930 plat book of Adair County shows Arbor Hill platted in the southeast quadrant of Section 20 of Harrison Township, with the community covering one quarter square mile.[11]

Arbor Hill's population was 12 in 1940.[12]

In 2018, the Arbor Hill Wind Farm project began, with the MidAmerican Energy Company building enough wind turbines in Arbor Hill and nearby Orient to power 230,000 homes.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-02-12 . US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 . . 2011-04-23 . July 20, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060720110047/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html . live .
  2. Book: Kilburn, Lucian Moody . History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People . Pioneer Publishing Company . 1915 . 162.
  3. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . June 21, 2017 . July 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703085740/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Adair . live .
  4. Book: Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition . 1902 . J. R. Gray & Company . 203–207 . en . June 3, 2021 . December 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231229210727/https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC . live .
  5. Book: 1904 Complete Creamery Directory of the United States . 1904 . National Dairy Union . 64.
  6. Web site: Arbor Hill, Iowa . 21 May 2021 . Iowa Ghost Towns . July 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705214305/http://iowaghosttowns.com/arbor_hill.html . live .
  7. Book: Condra . George Evert . The Middle River Traverse of Iowa . Jerry Eli Upp . 1933 . 23.
  8. News: The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on August 3, 1908 · Page 7 . en . 2021-05-22 . May 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210522092039/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/128174375/ . live .
  9. Book: Kilburn, Lucian M. . History of Adair County, Iowa, and its People (vol 1) . Pioneer Publishing Company . 1915 . 2021-05-22 . December 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208165959/http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/adair1915v1/chapter08.htm . live .
  10. Book: 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 . 1925 . Rand McNally & Company . 188 . en . June 12, 2021 . December 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231229220633/https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ . live .
  11. Book: Plat book of Adair County, Iowa . 2021-05-22 . 1930 . May 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210522090012/https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:hixson_14 . live .
  12. Book: The Attorneys List . United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department . 1940 . 292 . en . November 21, 2022 . November 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103000157/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ . live .
  13. News: Robinson . Tom . 2018-06-22 . Construction has started on the Arbor Hill Wind Farm Project in Adair County . en . 2021-05-22 . January 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240107092908/https://westerniowatoday.com/2018/06/22/construction-has-started-on-the-arbor-hill-wind-farm-project-in-adair-county/ . live .

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