Bryantsburg, Iowa

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Coordinates: 42°34′29″N 91°54′20″W / 42.57472°N 91.90556°W / 42.57472; -91.90556
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Bryantsburg, Iowa
unincorporated community
Bryantsburg, Iowa is located in Iowa
Bryantsburg, Iowa
Bryantsburg, Iowa
Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 42°34′29″N 91°54′20″W / 42.57472°N 91.90556°W / 42.57472; -91.90556
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyBuchanan County
Government
 • Typeunincorporated community
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Bryantsburg is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States.[1] It is located on Highway 150 north of Independence and south of Hazleton, at 42.579132N, -91.905063W.[2]

Geography[edit]

Bryantsburg is located on Iowa State Highway 150, near the junction of 150th Street.[3] It lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the county seat of Independence.[3][4]

History[edit]

Bryantsburg in north-central Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1903

Founded in the 19th century, the community was originally known as Bryant. Later, the name changed to Bryantburg (no 'S'). Bryantburg was a flag station on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad; the depot was later upgraded to a full station, and by the early 1900s, Bryantburg was considered a "small town".[5]

Bryantsburg was once home to a bank,[6] schools, and a post office.[7] Early postmasters in Bryantsburg included J.R. Cowell, A. Johnson, C.W. Cowell and J.M. Barclay.[8][9] The post office was closed by 1925.[7]

Bryantsburg was the site of the Free Will Baptist Church, which originally held meetings in the southwestern part of Hazleton Township until 1900, when the church opened in Bryantsburg. In 1914, the church membership was around 50.[5]

The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad operated until 1980, when it was liquidated.[10]

Bryantsburg's population was 41 in 1902,[11] and 52 in 1925.[12]

In 1931, a major hailstorm in northeast Iowa damaged crops and farm products in the Bryantsburg area, as well as in Swisher, Shueyville, Vinton, Fairfax, and LaPorte City. The path of the storm began in Bryantsburg, and the damage in Buchanan County was extensive, accounted as a near total loss of crops. Poultry and pigs were also killed in the storm, which ranged from one to four miles wide in Buchanan County.[13]

The population was 25 in 1940.[4]

By the 1970s, Bryantsburg was included in a list of "dying towns" in the Waterloo Courier, alongside Kiene, Albany, Buck Grove, Grove Hill, Abbott, Irma, Floyd Crossing, Kains Siding, Dalby, Merson, Jubilee, and Deerfield.[14]

Many Amish families now live in the Bryantsburg area, which is near the Morwood Campgrounds.[15]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bryantsburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin Limited. 2021. p. 31.
  4. ^ a b The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 294. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Chappell, Harry Church; Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa: And Its People, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 246–247. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  6. ^ Bleakly, John L. (1914). Biennial Report of the Auditor of State to the Governor of Iowa, p. 50. Robert Henderson Printer.
  7. ^ a b Whitney, H.N. (1925). State of Iowa Official Register, p. 647. Robert Henderson, Printer.
  8. ^ "New Iowa Postmasters". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, IA. August 23, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Miscellaneous". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, IA. March 9, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Rock Island History - Metra". metra.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  11. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ 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. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Hail Ruins Crops In Linn, Johnson, Buchanan and Benton". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, IA. July 10, 1931. p. 15. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  14. ^ Griffiths, Lawn (December 17, 1978). "'Villes' Outnumber 'Burgs' in Northeast Iowa". The Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, IA. pp. 53, 55. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  15. ^ "Hazleton, Iowa, Amish Community" (PDF). GrowBuchanan.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
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