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Melbourne suffered the worst disaster in the town's history when a fire consumed the whole business district in 1903; then in 1981 the southern end of town was destroyed by a tornado. [ 5 ] The mayor of Melbourne from 1984 until 1998 was Bill Crews , an openly gay man who revealed his orientation during his term, in 1993.
As of the census of 2020, [8] there were 78 people, 35 households, and 29 families residing in the community. The population density was 182.8 inhabitants per square mile (70.6/km 2).
In Alton, Iowa 450 is a 0.27-mile-long (430 m) route which provides a direct connection between Iowa 10 and Iowa 60. It was designated when Iowa 60 moved onto a four-lane bypass of Alton. Prior to the construction of the bypass, the two routes which Iowa 450 connect intersected in Alton.
It lies along Iowa Highway 16, north of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County. [3] Its elevation is 722 feet (220 m) above sea level. [2] Although Denmark is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52624, that opened on April 7, 1846. [4] The town also has a branch of Farmers Savings Bank that opened in 1935.
The author Bill Bryson mentions Swedesburg in his 2006 memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.Bryson recalls seeing Swedesburg from a distance whilst visiting his grandparents in nearby Winfield in the 1950s, and reflects how the heritages of settlements such as Swedesburg were affected by the policies of Governor William L. Harding, which resulted in the decline of European ...
Berwick is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States, on the east bank of Fourmile Creek. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Map of the Berwick area from 1908, showing the railroads and coal mines (red) of the region. Berwick is in the lower center.
Sperry in Des Moines County Iowa, in 1903. Sperry got its start in the year 1869, when John M. Sperry settled there and opened a post office. [8]Sperry was a station stop on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway later a part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; construction of the line began in 1869.