Oneida, Iowa

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|area_code = 563

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Oneida is an unincorporated community in Oneida Township, Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The community is on county highway D13, {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of Greeley.{{cite map |publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation |title=Highway and Transportation Map: Delaware County, Iowa |url=https://iowadot.gov/maps/msp/pdf/delaware-co.pdf |format=PDF |date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=February 27, 2020 }}

History

A post office opened in Oneida in 1887 and operated until 1963.{{cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA|accessdate=2024-10-31|title=US Post Offices|publisher=Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W.|date=2021|doi=10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA |last1=Blevins |first1=Cameron |last2=Helbock |first2=Richard W. }} Oneida's population was 27 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 127 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}}

Oneida was incorporated from May 29, 1912 until 1994.{{cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/IncCities.pdf|accessdate=2024-11-05|title=List of Incorporated Cities|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State Paul D. Pate|date=2022-11-02}}

Demographics

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| 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}}

| 1920 = 127

| 1930 = 101

| 1940 = 84

| 1950 = 75

| 1960 = 76

| 1970 = 55

| 1980 = 61

| 1990 = 49

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References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware County, Iowa

Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa