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Cedar 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 hav ...
in southeastern
Mahaska County, Iowa Mahaska County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,190. The county seat is Oskaloosa. Mahaska County comprises the Oskaloosa, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Mahaska Co ...
, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 23 southeast of the city of Oskaloosa, the
county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...
of Mahaska County. Cedar has a Methodist church, Christian Reformed church, and a grain elevator.


History

A post office opened in 1874. The
Burlington and Western Railway The Burlington and Northwestern Railway (B&NW) was a narrow gauge railroad system in Iowa that operated during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It connected Burlington, Iowa with branches to Washington and Oskaloosa, Iowa. ...
arrived in Cedar in late 1882. This was a
narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller struc ...
line, widened to standard gauge in 1902 and taken over by the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illin ...
. the Burlington line was abandoned in 1934. Cedar's population was 53 in 1925.


References

Unincorporated communities in Mahaska County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa 1874 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1874 {{MahaskaCountyIA-geo-stub