Fern 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
Beaver Township,
Grundy County,
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
.
Location
Fern lies on the junction of 150th Street and
Iowa Highway 14
Iowa Highway 14 (Iowa 14) is a state highway that runs from north to south across the state of Iowa for . The begins in Corydon at an intersection with Iowa 2 and ends in Charles City at an intersection with U.S. Highway 18 (US&nbs ...
, northeast of
Holland, Iowa
Holland is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 269 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Holland is located at (42.399708, -92.7994 ...
.
History
Fern had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
that opened under the name of Andersonville on June 22, 1892, until it was discontinued on December 31, 1907. The name was changed from Andersonville to Fern on March 20, 1894. A
creamery
A creamery or cheese factory is a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese is produced. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has ...
was built at Fern 1911, and is no longer in use. Fern's population was 25 in 1902, 50 in 1925, and 42 in 1940.
Today Fern consists of a few houses along with a feed store and a concrete grinding company.
See also
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List of unincorporated communities in Iowa
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Iowa, arranged in alphabetical order. This list contains a number of historical communities which no longer exist, and also includes a number of disincorporated cities.
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References
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Grundy County, Iowa
1892 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1892
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