Canby, Iowa

Canby, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Canby, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°25′02″N 94°34′00″W / 41.41722°N 94.56667°W / 41.41722; -94.56667Coordinates: 41°25′02″N 94°34′00″W / 41.41722°N 94.56667°W / 41.41722; -94.56667
Country United States
State Iowa
County Adair
Elevation 1,440 ft (440 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 641
GNIS feature ID 465950[1]

Canby is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

History

A post office called Canby was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1908.[2] A Quaker church once stood near the town site.[3] Little remains of the original community.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canby, Iowa
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  3. Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 91.
  4. Savage, Tom (1 August 2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names. University of Iowa Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-1-58729-759-5. The following is a list of town and post office names that are classified as abandoned...


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