Iowa Point, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_caption = A plat of Iowa Point
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Doniphan
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1854
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
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|utc_offset_DST = -5
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|area_code = 785
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|blank_info = 20-34475
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|blank1_info = 472808 {{cite gnis2|472808|Iowa Point, Kansas}}
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Iowa Point is an unincorporated community in northeastern Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.
History
Iowa Point was first settled in 1854 on land received from the U.S. Government in payment for missionary services done at the nearby Iowa, Sac and Fox Indian mission. The town was a major shipping point between Leavenworth and Omaha and by 1857, the town had a population estimated at 3,000 making it the second largest town on the Missouri River next to Leavenworth.Ghost Towns of Kansas: A Traveler's Guide by Daniel Fitzgerald. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1988.
The town divided on the issue of slavery; by the end of the Civil War, it had nearly been completely burned, and businesses had nearly been depleted. The town never recovered.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n937 941]}}
The first post office in Iowa Point opened in 1855, closed temporarily in 1914, reopened that same year, and closed permanently in 1933.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130242/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ADP |archivedate=9 October 2013 }}
Demographics
The community is included in the St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area.
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Doniphan County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Doniphan County, Kansas}}
External links
- Doniphan County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/doniphan.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Doniphan County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas