Clarkson, Iowa

Clarkson, Iowa
former Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°50′05″N 93°45′10″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Warren
Elevation	935 ft (285 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	515
GNIS feature ID	464256[1]

Clarkson was an unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States. It was located two miles east of Carlisle,[2] near the Des Moines River. Its elevation was 935 feet.[1]

History

Clarkson was founded as a whistle-stop along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, but never grew very large. Clarkson's population was 30 in 1887,[3] 16 in 1902,[4] and 32 in 1925.[5]

Clarkson was a "once-thriving whistle-stop of the Victorian era" located on the Des Moines River floodplain.[6] According to author Nancy Mae Osborn, "The Clarkson post office was discontinued on 30 June 1906 and its former patrons received delivery out of Carlisle [...] Gradually the buildings that had once comprised Clarkson were torn down, leaving only two farm houses. These, along with the Clarkson railroad depot sign, were removed in 1967 after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had acquired the property."[6] Today nothing remains of the Clarkson townsite.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarkson, Iowa
2. "Towns in Warren County Iowa". iagenweb.org. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
3. 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.
4. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
5. 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. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
6. Osborn, Nancy Mae (1976). "The Clarkson site (13WA2): an Oneota manifestation in the Central Des Moines River Valley" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)