Plato 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 Cedar County,

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, United States. Plato is located at .

History

The classical Greek philosopher

Plato Plato ( ; Greek language, Greek: , ; born BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical Greece, Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the writte ...

is the town's namesake. The population of the community was 12 in 1902, and 30 in 1925. The population was 10 in 1940.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cedar County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{CedarCountyIA-geo-stub