Kemling, Iowa

Kemling or Kemlingham is a ghost town in Pottawattamie County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Kemling, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Kemling, Iowa is located in Iowa
Kemling, Iowa
Kemling, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyPottawattamie
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code712
GNIS feature ID464242[1]

Geography

Kemling was located at 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W,[1] 8.5 miles east of Macedonia, Iowa.[2]

History

Kemling was founded as a post office on the Burlington Railroad.[2] This post office operated from 1894 to 1901.[3] After the post office closure, mail was routed through Macedonia.[2]

By the early 1900s, Kemling was listed among other Iowa towns and villages in Iowa's legislative documents.[4] Kemling's population was 10 in 1900.[5]

The population of Kemling was 26 in 1915,[6] and was just 4 persons in 1940.[7]

See also

Belknap, Iowa

References
  1. "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1905. p. 828.
  3. "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  4. Assembly, Iowa General (1915). Legislative Documents. p. 304.
  5. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  6. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. 1917. p. 66.
  7. The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 303.




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