Official Name: | Bangor, Iowa |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Bangor |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marshall County |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 42.1733°N -93.0936°W |
Postal Code Type: | US |
Postal Code: | 50051 |
Bangor is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersections of County Highway E18 and S62, five miles southwest of Liscomb and six miles south of Union. It is located near the west bank of the Iowa River, at 42.172838N, -93.089073W.[1]
Bangor was founded by Abijah Hodgins in August 1854;[2] [3] it was a Quaker settlement, and according to one historian, the town "played a role in the Underground Railroad".[4]
Bangor's population was 52 in 1902,[5] and 40 in 1925.[6] The population was 70 in 1940.[7]