Horton, Iowa
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Horton is an unincorporated community in Polk Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
Geography
Horton lies at the junction of Iowa Highway 188 and County Road V14. It is three miles east of Plainfield.
History
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Horton was plated by C.A. Lease in 1856. A sawmill had previously been built during the winter of 1955-1856.
The Horton post office was established in 1857, and a schoolhouse, the first frame schoolhouse in Polk Township, was built in 1859. These buildings were soon joined by a store, a blacksmith shop, and houses.{{Cite book |last=Grawe |first=Joseph F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0REAQAAMAAJ |title=History of Bremer County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement |date=1914 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |language=en|pages=200–202}}
Horton's population was 75 in 1887,{{Cite book |last=Cram |first=George Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPAwAQAAMAAJ&dq=cram%2527s+1885+atlas&pg=PA330 |title=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 |date=1887 |publisher=G.F. Cram |pages=367–369 |language=en}} was 70 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 was 79 in 1917.{{Cite book |url=http://128.255.22.135/cdm/ref/collection/atlases/id/13477 |title=Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases |pages=63–66 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Horton's population had increased to 100 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}} but the town's fortunes began to decline after that.
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