Carnarvon, Iowa

Carnarvon, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Carnarvon, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°15′13″N 95°01′18″W / 42.25361°N 95.02167°W / 42.25361; -95.02167Coordinates: 42°15′13″N 95°01′18″W / 42.25361°N 95.02167°W / 42.25361; -95.02167
Country United States
State Iowa
County Sac
Elevation 1,260 ft (380 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 712
GNIS feature ID 455175[1]

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

History

A post office was established at Carnarvon in 1888.[2][3] The community was named after Caernarfon, in Wales, the former hometown of a first settler.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnarvon, Iowa
  2. "Sac County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnarvon, Iowa
  4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 51.


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