Ardon is a former townsite and unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of 250th Street and Jasper Avenue, four miles east of Cranston, at 41.366543N, -94.317809W.[1]
Ardon, Iowa | |
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  Ardon Location of Ardon, Iowa  Ardon Ardon (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°23′42″N 91°11′19″W / 41.39500°N 91.18861°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Iowa |
| County | Muscatine County |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
History
editArdon was a rail town built in the late 1800s. Once home to livery stables, a hotel, a railroad depot, and around 70 residents, the rail line was later moved. The railroad station was moved two miles west. Only the Ardon rail sign, St. Malachy's Catholic Church and graveyard, and a few scattered houses remain. St. Malachy's Church was constructed in 1902 next to the railroad and desanctified in 1991. The graveyard lies a half mile south of the church.[2]
Ardon's population was 42 in 1925.[3] The population was 25 in 1940.[4]
References
edit- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Sayre, Robert F. (2000). Take the Next Exit: New Views of the Iowa Landscape, p. 102.
- ^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
- ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 292.
Further reading
editHealey, Howard A. (1979). Ardon, 1901-1954: History of a Small Town in "76" Township, Muscatine Co. Iowa.