Poplar, Iowa Explained

Official Name:Poplar, Iowa
Pushpin Map:Iowa
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Iowa
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Audubon
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1450
Area Code:712
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1994807

Poplar is a rural unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States. It is part of the Poplar Rural District which is recognized as a rural historic district and was the largest rural settlement of Danish immigrants in the United States.[1]

Poplar lies west of the town of Audubon[2] near the border of Shelby County.[3]

History

The area was settled primarily by Danish immigrants.[4] [5] [6] A post office was established in Poplar in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[7]

It also had a general store.[8] A plan to lay out streets and potentially incorporate in 1902 never materialized.[9] Poplar's population was 17 in 1925.[10] The population was 14 in 1940.[11]

Annual reunions of past and present residents of Poplar have occurred in recent years.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=91001463}} Poplar Rural District]. National Park Service. 2016-08-15. Roslea Johnson. with
  2. (18 October 1906). Church Dedication, Aududon County Journal ("a new church of the Danish Lutheran faith has been built at the country town of Poplar ...")
  3. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057934/1902-11-13/ed-1/seq-2/ Double Wedding at Poplar
  4. http://iagenweb.org/audubon/church/poplar/index.htm Poplar Iowa, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
  5. National Register of Historic Places - Multiple Property Documentation Form - Shelby and Audubon Counties in the State of Iowa (13 August 1991) ("The Danish influence in Jackson Township was even more pronounced in the rural community of Poplar.... In fact, at the time of the 1900 United States Population Census, only three of the 190 people living in the Poplar area were not of Danish descent ...")
  6. https://www.danishmuseum.org/explore/danish-american-culture/viewed-through-the-lens/poplar-iowa Poplar, Iowa
  7. Web site: Audubon County . Iowa Ghost Towns . 6 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925222703/http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/audubon_county_iowa_ghost_towns.html . September 25, 2013 .
  8. (1 January 1903). Advertisement, Audubon County Journal (advertisement for the store in Poplar; numerous references to Poplar on this page)
  9. (2 October 1902). Poplar, Aududon Republican
  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 . 190 . en.
  11. Book: The Attorneys List . United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department . 1940 . 309 . en.
  12. (30 May 2014). Poplar Reunion Set for June 1, Harlan News Advertiser, p. B1

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