Abingdon is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Jefferson County,

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Road H33 (Brookville Road) and Cedar Avenue, near the west edge of Jefferson County, at 41.082036N, -92.138772W.

History

Abingdon was founded by Colonel Thomas McCollough in August 1849 and named after

Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. The town encompasses several historically significant sites and f ...

. It was informally named Bogus because one early settler was "alleged to have been a counterfeiter".Savage, Tom (2007). ''A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names'', p. 19. University Of Iowa Press. . Abingdon's population was 306 in 1902, 300 in 1925, 60 in 1940, and 140 in 1960.

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