Waubeek 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
Linn 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 ...
, United States.
Geography
It is located on the
Wapsipinicon River
The Wapsipinicon River (, locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 starting ...
on County Road X20 (Whittier Road) north of
Whittier and southwest of
Prairieburg, at 42.164779N, -91.462265W.
History
An earlier town, named Paddington, was laid out adjacent and to the south of Waubeek in 1855. That area was included with Waubeek, when Waubeek was formally founded in either 1859,
[Savage, Tom (2007). ''A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names'', p. 230. University Of Iowa Press. .] or 1855.
Waubeek's post office opened in 1858.
In 1911, Waubeek had four stores, a creamery, two churches, schools, and a post office. Waubeek had no railroad access.
In 1915, Waubeek's population was 210; in 1940, the population was 225.
The post office closed in 1960.
See also
Lafayette, Iowa
References
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Unincorporated communities in Linn County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
1859 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1859