Newburg, Jasper County, Iowa

Newburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Newburg, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Newburg, Iowa is located in Iowa
Newburg, Iowa
Newburg, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°49′07″N 92°46′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyJasper
Elevation
1,027 ft (313 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID459502[1]

Geography

Newburg lies near the junction of county highway T38 and F17 (Newburg Road).[1]

History
Newburg in northeastern Jasper County, Iowa, in 1902

A post office at Newburg (originally spelled Newburgh) opened in 1878. The post office closed in January 1954.[2]

The Newburg Church was built in 1896; the congregation previously met at the Newburg schoolhouse. In 1996, the Newburg Church's congregation merged with the Chester congregation to become the Newburg Chester Church.[3]

The population of Newburg was estimated at 200 in 1887,[4] and was 41 in 1902.[5]

On March 5, 2022, an EF2 tornado struck the community, damaging several homes.[6]

See also

Vandalia, Iowa

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newburg, Jasper County, Iowa
  2. "GNIS Detail - Newburg Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. "Newburg Chester Church - About". www.newburgchesterchurch.com. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
  5. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. "Emergency sirens fail during tornado warning in Newton". KCCI. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.