Botna, Iowa

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Botna is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Iowa, in the United States, located near the West Nishnabotna River.

History

Botna was platted in 1884.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA281 | title=Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=White, Edward Speer | year=1915 | pages=281}} It was originally named Rochdale, after an English town of the same name. The name Botna is a shortened reference to the name of the nearby river.{{cite book |last=Chicago and North Western Railway Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45 |title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways |edition=2 |location=Chicago |publisher=none |date=1908 |page=45 |accessdate=2014-10-29 }}{{cite book |last1=Dilts |first1=Harold E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DF6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22rochdale%22 |title=From Ackley to Zwingle: The Origins of Iowa Place Names |publisher=Iowa State University Press |year=1993 |page=49 |isbn=978-0813808376 |accessdate=2014-10-29 }}

Botna's population was 37 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}} and 75 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}} The population was 50 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=294 |language=en}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Iowa

Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa