Arbor Hill, Iowa

It is located on County Road P28, south of Stuart, at 41.366543N, -94.317809W.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-12 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-04-23 |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 }}

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A post office was established at Arbor Hill in 1857, the name was changed to Arborhill in 1895, and the post office closed in 1907.{{Cite book |last=Kilburn |first=Lucian Moody |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hX4UAAAAYAAJ |title=History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People |publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company |year=1915 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hX4UAAAAYAAJ/page/n202 162]}}{{Cite web |title=Post Offices |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Adair |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703085740/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Adair |url-status=live }}

Arbor Hill's population was 58 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 |access-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229210727/https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |url-status=live }} The community was once home to the Arbor Hill Co-Operative Creamery Company,{{Cite book |title=1904 Complete Creamery Directory of the United States |date=1904 |publisher=National Dairy Union |page=64}} a blacksmith shop,{{Cite web |title=Arbor Hill, Iowa |url=http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/arbor_hill.html |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=Iowa Ghost Towns |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705214305/http://iowaghosttowns.com/arbor_hill.html |url-status=usurped }} and a general store; the Port Union Mill dam was located one half mile west of Arbor Hill, on the Middle River.{{Cite book |last1=Condra |first1=George Evert |title=The Middle River Traverse of Iowa |last2=Jerry Eli Upp |date=1933 |page=23}} The community (at that time known as Arborhill) was the site of the Seventh Annual Old Settlers and Old Soldiers Reunion, held on August 12, 13, and 14, 1908.{{Cite news |title=The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on August 3, 1908 · Page 7 |language=en |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/128174375/ |access-date=2021-05-22 |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522092039/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/128174375/ |url-status=live }}

The Methodist church in Greenfield, constructed in 1877, was built from lumber cut near Arbor Hill.{{Cite book |last=Kilburn |first=Lucian M. |url=http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/adair1915v1/chapter08.htm |title=History of Adair County, Iowa, and its People (vol 1) |publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company |year=1915 |access-date=2021-05-22 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208165959/http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/adair1915v1/chapter08.htm |url-status=live }}

Arborhill's population was 68 in 1924.{{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=188 |language=en |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229220633/https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} The 1930 plat book of Adair County shows Arbor Hill platted in the southeast quadrant of Section 20 of Harrison Township, with the community covering one quarter square mile.{{Cite book |url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Ahixson_14 |title=Plat book of Adair County, Iowa |access-date=2021-05-22 |year=1930 |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522090012/https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:hixson_14 |url-status=live }}

Arbor Hill's population was 12 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=292 |language=en |access-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103000157/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}

In 2018, the Arbor Hill Wind Farm project began, with the MidAmerican Energy Company building enough wind turbines in Arbor Hill and nearby Orient to power 230,000 homes.{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Tom |date=2018-06-22 |title=Construction has started on the Arbor Hill Wind Farm Project in Adair County |language=en |url=https://westerniowatoday.com/2018/06/22/construction-has-started-on-the-arbor-hill-wind-farm-project-in-adair-county/ |access-date=2021-05-22 |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107092908/https://westerniowatoday.com/2018/06/22/construction-has-started-on-the-arbor-hill-wind-farm-project-in-adair-county/ |url-status=live }}

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