Prole, Iowa

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Prole ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ɔɪ}} {{respell|PROY}}) is an unincorporated rural village in northwestern Warren County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 28 northwest of the city of Indianola, the county seat of Warren County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 38. Its elevation is 978 feet (298 m). Prole has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50229,[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=50229 Zip Code Lookup]

History

Prole was laid out in 1884.{{cite book|last=Martin|first=W. C.|title=History of Warren County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1908...; with Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Z1A0AQAAMAAJ|year=1908|publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Z1A0AQAAMAAJ/page/n291 315]}} The post office has been in operation in Prole since 25 September 1884.{{gnis|1970013|Prole Post Office}}

Prole's population was 21 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 55 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 37 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=309 |language=en}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Iowa

Category:Populated places established in 1884

Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa

Category:1884 establishments in Iowa