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Adelphi 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
Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: * Polk County, Arkansas * Polk County, Florida * Polk County, Georgia * Polk County, Iowa * Polk Count ...
, in the
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of
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 ...
.


History

Adelphi was
plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
ted on April 6, 1857, in Camp Township. No railroad line was built to the community, inhibiting its growth, and leaving it as what one 1876 Polk County historian called a village. Adelphi's
post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...
was established in 1856. The community's population was 12 in 1900, and 65 in 1920. In 1935, Adelphi's post office closed. Mail was to be routed through Runnells. The '' Altoona Herald'' observed, "Adelphi's loss is Runnells' gain". Adelphi's population was 40 in 1940.


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