Green Mountain, Iowa
Census-designated place
Green Mountain is located in Iowa
Green Mountain
Green Mountain
Green Mountain is located in the United States
Green Mountain
Green Mountain
Coordinates: 42°06′06″N 92°49′14″W / 42.10167°N 92.82056°W / 42.10167; -92.82056
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyMarshall
Established1883
Area
[1]
 • Total0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Land0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
991 ft (302 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total113
 • Density164.72/sq mi (63.62/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50632
Area code641
FIPS code19-32925

Green Mountain is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is located in Marion Township. As of the 2020 census the population of Green Mountain was 113.[2]

History

Green Mountain train wreck, March 21, 1910

As early as 1856, a few settlers from Vermont settled about a mile north of the present-day community; they named their community after their home in Vermont. The present-day town of Green Mountain, south of the original townsite, was established in 1883, platted by the Iowa Construction Company. The town was built adjacent to the Chicago Great Western Railroad.[3]

The Green Mountain Congregational Church, one of the first in the county, was built in Green Mountain, along with a grain elevator and a few businesses; a savings bank was constructed in 1907.[3] The population of the community was 41 in 1902.[4]

Green Mountain, Iowa, was the site of the Green Mountain train wreck. The wreck is known as the worst ever in Iowa history, as 52 people were killed in the accident on March 21, 1910.

In 1925, Green Mountain's population was 106.[5]

Geography

Green Mountain is in northeastern Marshall County, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Marshalltown, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Green Mountain CDP has an area of 0.69 square miles (1.79 km2), all land.[1] The headwaters of Nickolson Creek run through the west side of the community, flowing south to join Rock Creek, which in turn joins the Iowa River east of Marshalltown.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010126—
2020113−10.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Education

The GMG Community School District serves the community. The district was established on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Garwin and Green Mountain school districts.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "P1. Race – Green Mountain CDP, Iowa: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Battin, William (1912). Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa, Volume 1. Brookhaven Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781581038972.
  4. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  5. ↑ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). 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. p. 190.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

42°06′06″N 92°49′14″W / 42.10167°N 92.82056°W / 42.10167; -92.82056


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