Abingdon, Iowa
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|subdivision_name2 = Jefferson County
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Abingdon is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Road H33 (Brookville Road) and Cedar Avenue, near the west edge of Jefferson County, at 41.082036N, -92.138772W.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=July 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720110047/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|url-status=live}}
History
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Abingdon was founded by Colonel Thomas McCollough in August 1849 and named after Abingdon, Virginia. It was informally named Bogus because one early settler was "alleged to have been a counterfeiter".Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 19. University Of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|1-58729-531-8}}.
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Abingdon's population was 306 in 1902,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}} 300 in 1925,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=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 |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}} 60 in 1940,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=291 |language=en}} and 140 in 1960.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Iowa |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |date=1960 |page=304}}
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References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Iowa
Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa