Cartersville, Iowa

Cartersville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Cartersville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°59′40″N 93°04′59″W / 42.99444°N 93.08306°W / 42.99444; -93.08306Coordinates: 42°59′40″N 93°04′59″W / 42.99444°N 93.08306°W / 42.99444; -93.08306
Country United States
State Iowa
County Cerro Gordo
Elevation 1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 641
GNIS feature ID 455193[1]

Cartersville is an unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

History

A post office was established at Cartersville in 1900, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943.[2][3] The community was named after the novel Col. Carter of Cartersville[4] by Francis Hopkinson Smith.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cartersville, Iowa
  2. ↑ "Cerro Gordo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cartersville Post Office (historical)
  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. 52.


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