Fisk, Iowa

Fisk is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States.[1]

Fisk, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Fisk, Iowa is located in Iowa
Fisk, Iowa
Fisk, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°12′04″N 94°31′41″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyAdair
Elevation
1,309 ft (399 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID464542[1]

History
Fisk was located in southwestern Adair County.

Fisk was established near the center of Richland Township.

The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870.[2]

By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery),[3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office.[4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins.[5]

In 1902, Fisk's population was 37,[6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28.[7]

A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951.[8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisk, Iowa
  2. Lucian Moody Kilburn (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer publishing Company. pp. 148.
  3. General Assembly, Iowa (1904). Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. p. 75.
  4. Adair County 1901. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
  6. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  7. General Rating Book. 1924. p. 278.
  8. LLC, Historic Map Works. "Richland Township, Fisk, Atlas: Adair County 1951, Iowa Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.


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