Robinson 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
Delaware County,
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, 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: Wiscon ...
, United States. It is located at the junction of County Highway D47 and 310th Street, five miles west of
Ryan and three miles southeast of
Monti, at 42.340037N, -91.578738W.
History
Robinson was founded in 1912,
named after the Robinson family of southwestern Delaware County. The post office at Robinson was established on April 5, 1913. The postmistress was Mary Irene Robinson.
Around the time of its founding, Robinson was home to two general stores, two hardware stores, a bank, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, a harness shop, a lumber yard, a pool hall, a grain elevator, and a newspaper (the ''Robinson Herald'').
Alexander Robinson, one prominent Robinson, built a farm 1.5 miles north of the townsite. William B. Robinson operated the Farmers Savings Bank of Robinson and the Robinson Lumber and Grain Company, circa 1914.
[Merry, John F. (1914). ''History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 2'', pp. 211, 492-493.] The
Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railroad (CAN) passed through Robinson, built in 1912 and proposed for
electrification
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic histo ...
in 1916.
[Anon. (1916-05-27). "Electrification of another Iowa road proposed", '']Electric Railway Journal
''Electric Railway Journal'' was an American magazine primarily about electric urban rail transit in North America, published by McGraw Hill from June 1908 until December 1931. It was founded when publications ''Street Railway Journal'' (first p ...
'', Volume 47, McGraw Publishing. p. 1011. The CAN Railway was sold for scrap during World War I.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Delaware County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa