Farlin, Iowa Explained

Official Name:	Farlin, Iowa
Settlement Type:	unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	Iowa#USA
Mapsize:	250x200px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Greene County
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation Ft:	1073
Coordinates:	42.0764°N -94.4486°W

Farlin is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

History

Farlin was founded in the 1880s. Farlin is the name of one Mr. McFarlin, an early prominent grain buyer.^[1] Farlin's population was 45 in 1902.^[2] The population was 75 in 1940.^[3]

Notes and References

Book: Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa . Brookhaven Press . Stillman, Edwin B. . 1907 . 201. 9781581032482 . Two years later [1886] a new attempt was successfully made to establish a town nearer the center of Bistol township, the new site being named Farlin, in honor of Mr. McFarlin, a prominent grain buyer of Des Moines, who was then operating extensively along the line and who gave the citizens a long to be remembered oyster supper to christen the naming of the town..
Book: Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition . 1902 . J. R. Gray & Company . 203–207 . en.
Book: The Attorneys List . United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department . 1940 . 299 . en.