Dale is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Guthrie County,

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, United States.

History

Dale was laid out in 1856 by John Lonsdale. A

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operated in Dale from 1852 to 1922. Dale was formerly called Allen from 1852 to 1856, Morrisburgh from 1856 to 1865, and Dale City from 1865 to 1883 before its current name. The population was 32 in 1940.

References

Unincorporated communities in Iowa Unincorporated communities in Guthrie County, Iowa 1856 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1856 {{GuthrieCountyIA-geo-stub