Moneta, Iowa

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Moneta is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.

History

{{US Census population

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 21, 2025}}

| 1910 = 44

| 1920 = 127

| 1930 = 85

| 1940 = 115

| 1950 = 89

| 1960 = 76

| 1970 = 41

| 1980 = 43

| 1990 = 29

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Moneta was platted in 1901.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFtAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419 | title=Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B. F. Bowen | year=1914 | pages=419}} The name Moneta is supposed to be a poetic form for the island of Anglesey.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104|year=1908|page=104}}

Moneta's population was 87 in 1915.{{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}} The population was 85 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=306 |language=en}} The community was originally an incorporated city, and it also had a school, but however, by 1959, the school closed and divided between Hartley and Everly, giving 60% of the school towards Everly, and the other 40% to Hartley. Eventually, the school would completely close down in 1976, and the city would later disincorporate by 1996;{{Cite web |title=Moneta School |url=https://www.iagenweb.org/obrien/schools/Moneta/index.htm |access-date=February 21, 2025 |website=IAGenWebProject}} The final recorded population of Moneta was 29 at the 1990 census. Not much is left of the former city, as the school is one of the only remaining remnants.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in O'Brien County, Iowa

Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa

Category:Populated places established in 1901

Category:1901 establishments in Iowa