Ghost towns in iowa

[stud564]

I was wandering if anyone knows of ghost towns in Iowa. i am in Kossuth county. Thanks

 

[Gypsy Heart]

http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/kossuthcounty.html

 

[stud564]

thanks gypsy. i have came across this site before but don't know where the sections are.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Go to the library and check out a Plat book for the county...or the county offices usually sell them. Then you can look up the sections in the plat .

 

[Gypsy Heart]

http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=1968&CISOSHOW=1938&REC=4


here is an old atlas of Kossuth County

 

[stud564]

thanks gypsy. i have found an old school site on the map and am gonna go check it out right now.


Erik

 

[ZumbroKid]

Kossuth county, Iowa: 1. GT Gerled on RR, 6 miles N Bancroft. 2. GT Seneca 10 miles W Bancroft. 3. GT Lotts Creek 5 miles S Lone Rock. 4. GT Plum Creek on RR, 5 miles NNE Algona. 5. GT Hobart on RR, 4 miles W Algona. 6. GT Galbraith on RR, 5 miles NW LuVerne. 7. GT Hanna on RR in SE corner of the county, 5 miles NE LuVerne.