Bryant is an

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in northeastern

Clinton County Clinton County may refer to: *Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States: **Clinton County, New York ** Clinton County, Ohio *Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...

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 the ...

, United States. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of Clinton, the

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of Clinton County. Its elevation is 804 feet (245 m). Bryant is unincorporated, with the ZIP code of 52727, which opened as Ten Mile House on 25 August 1870 and changed its name to Bryant on 15 March 1871.

History

Bryant was

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ted in 1871. It was named for

William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the ''New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry ...

, a New York newspaper editor.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clinton County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa 1871 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1871 {{ClintonCountyIA-geo-stub