Sunbury 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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* Cedar County, Iowa
* Cedar County, Missouri
* Cedar County, Nebraska
* Cedar County, Choctaw Nation
* Cedar County, Washington, a proposed county made up of part of King County
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,
Iowa
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, United States. It is located just west of the intersection of County Roads F44 and Y26, in the southeastern part of the county, southeast of
Bennett and north of
Durant.
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History
Sunbury was founded when the railroad was introduced into the area. Sunbury's population was 13 in 1902, and 107 in 1925.
Sunbury was the location of the Sunbury Dance Hall, which opened ''circa'' 1895 and closed in 1964. The hamlet also boasted a bank, which opened in 1901.
[Aurner, C.R. (1910). ''A topical history of Cedar County, Iowa, Volume 1'', p 248. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Retrieved 2011-04-24.] The bank has been abandoned for decades and in 2014 it was razed.
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External links
Photo of the ruins of Sunbury Savings Bank
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Unincorporated communities in Cedar County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa