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Winnebago County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,679. [1] The county seat is Forest City. [2] The county was founded in 1847 and named after the Native American tribe. It is the location of the motor homes manufacturer Winnebago Industries.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More (Arcadia, 2018) Moe, Edward O., and Carl Cleveland Taylor. Culture of a contemporary rural community: Irwin, Iowa (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1942) online history and status in 1940 of Irwin, Iowa, a small town in Shelby County.
The company was founded by Forest City, Iowa businessman John K. Hanson in February 1958. At the time, the town, located in Winnebago County, Iowa, was undergoing an economic downturn, so Hanson and a group of community leaders convinced a California firm, Modernistic Industries, to open a travel trailer factory in a bid to revive the local economy.
Thompson is a city in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States.The population was 495 at the time of the 2020 census. [2]Thompson is home to the Winnebago County Fair, held annually, various agricultural businesses, a public outdoor swimming pool, the Thompson Museum, and Bethany Lutheran Church, built in 1902.
Vinje in Winnebago County, 1903 Vinje and Scarville in Logan Township, Winnebago County, Iowa, in 1913 Vinje was founded by Norwegian settlers, and the name Vinje is of Norwegian origin. Bethel Lutheran Church was founded in 1880; the original church was burned in 1949, and was replaced with a new church in summer 1955. [ 4 ]
King Township was founded in 1886. [2]In 1894, a tornado destroyed King Township School No. 2. In 1904, a cyclone destroyed King Township School No. 1.. King No. 1, the first school in King Township, was built in 1895, and known as the Amodt school.
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