Galesburg, Iowa

Galesburg, Iowa
Galesburg, Iowa
Unincorporated community
	Galesburg, Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°33′32″N 92°56′47″W / 41.55889°N 92.94639°WCoordinates: 41°33′32″N 92°56′47″W / 41.55889°N 92.94639°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Jasper
Elevation	896 ft (273 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	456811

Galesburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Galesburg lies along the junction of Main Street/Sioux Avenue and Highway T14 S.^[1]

History

Galesburg was platted on Section 16 of Elk Creek Township. In 1878 it was described as "a little village" with a large store and a recently completed railroad.^[2]

The Galesburg post office opened in 1857 (originally under the name Galesburgh) and closed in 1904.^[3]

The population of Galesburg was 160 in 1887,^[4] and was 88 in 1902.^[5] The population was 89 in 1917.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Galesburg, Iowa
^ The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Western Historical. 1878. p. 505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "GNIS Detail - Galesburg Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
^ 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.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.^{[permanent dead link]}

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Galesburg, Iowa

[2] The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Western Historical. 1878. p. 505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[3] "GNIS Detail - Galesburg Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-04.

[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] Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Jasper County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Newton
Cities	Baxter Colfax Kellogg Lambs Grove Lynnville Mingo Mitchellville‡ Monroe Newton Oakland Acres Prairie City Reasnor Sully Valeria
Townships	Buena Vista Clear Creek Des Moines Elk Creek Fairview Hickory Grove Independence Kellogg Lynn Grove Malaka Mariposa Mound Prairie Newton Palo Alto Poweshiek Richland Rock Creek Sherman Washington
Unincorporated communities	Clyde Fairmount Galesburg Green Castle Ira Killduff Metz Murphy Newburg Rushville Vandalia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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