Cottage, Iowa

Cottage was an unincorporated community in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

Cottage, Iowa
former unincorporated community
Cottage, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°24′16″N 93°18′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyHardin
Elevation
1,112 ft (339 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID466249[1]

History

A post office named Cottage was established in Ellis Township in Section 29 in 1860; this was later moved to Section 32. Andrew Bronson established a store in Cottage in 1870. W.A. Caraway established a cheese factory and a general store in Cottage in 1881–1882. A.P. Jensen established a blacksmith shop in 1874.[2] Cottage Community Church also operated in the community.

Cottage's population was 52 in 1902,[3] but over the years, the community dissolved.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottage, Iowa
  2. History of Hardin County, Iowa, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens: History of Iowa, Embracing Accounts of the Prehistoric Races, and a Brief Review of Its Civil, Political and Military History. Union Publishing Company. 1883. pp. 657–658.
  3. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.



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