Zenorsville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Zenorsville, Iowa is located in Iowa
Zenorsville, Iowa
Zenorsville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°06′26″N 93°43′05″W / 42.10722°N 93.71806°W / 42.10722; -93.71806
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyBoone
Elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code515
GNIS feature ID464813[1]

Zenorsville (or Zenorville) is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

Geography

Zenorsville is located at 42°06′26″N 93°43′05″W / 42.10722°N 93.71806°W / 42.10722; -93.71806,[1] in the northeastern part of Jackson Township.

History

Zenorsville was founded in Section 12[2] of Jackson Township after the discovery of coal deposits in the mid-1870s. At its peak, Zenorsville had around 400 residents. The community had a store, school, blacksmith shop, other businesses, and a church.[3]

Several mines in Zenorsville operated. The coal was considered the best in the state, according to a 1909 state geological survey. However, coal mining in Zenorsville was discontinued sometime prior to 1909.[4] An 1886 mining report blamed the decline in coal mining in Zenorsville on a new rail line north from Ames.[5]

The post office at Zenorsville was established in 1876 and was discontinued in 1900.[6]

A 1914 history of Boone County states that when the mines declined, the shanties in Zenorsville were sold and removed, as residents moved elsewhere.[3]

Zenorsville's population was estimated at 300 in 1887,[7] and was 367 in 1902.[8]

See also

Jordan, Iowa, another community in Jackson Township

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zenorsville, Iowa
  2. ↑ Republican Atlas of Boone County, Iowa. 1902.
  3. 1 2 Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 222.
  4. ↑ Iowa Geological Survey. Published for the Iowa Geological Survey. 1909. pp. 76, 579.
  5. ↑ Iowa (1886). Legislative Documents. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Zenorsville Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  7. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
  8. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.