Todays featured POW COUNTY Ghost Town at bottom of page.
I'm getting questions as to when the rain will stop......There's signs of a pattern change in the next 7-10 days. By the end of next week, High Temps should jump into mid/high 60's, and rainfall amounts will back off to normal. However, we'll see above normal precip and below normal temps leading up to the pattern change..........
Poweshiek County Iowa Weather:
Today thru Mon 23rd-25th: Dry/Breezy Sat - Dry Sun - Breezy/Showers overnite Sunday - Tstorms/Breezy Monday - Temps near 60.
Tues and Wed 26th/27th: Breezy/Tshowers into Wed morning - then Dry - Temps near 60.
Thurs thru Sat 28th-30th: Dry and Breezy Thurs - Tstorms/Windy Fri/Sat - Temps near 70.
Sun thru Tues May 1st-3rd: Dry/Breezy Sunday - Tshowers Mon/Tues.
Wed thru Fri 4th-6th: Stormy.
Sat and Sun 7th/8th: Dry/Breezy.
Mon 9th: Tstorms
Ghost Towns in Iowa: When Iowa was just begining there were many towns and villages being planned and built. Poweshiek County was no exception to rest of the state. Over the next couple of weeks, I will highlight the known Ghost Towns in Poweshiek County. Some are obvious - some may not be. You may be living In or Around one of them and not even know it.
What is a Ghost Town? Strictly speaking, A ghost town is a completely abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war. The term is sometimes used in a sense, including cities, towns, and neighborhoods which, while still populated, are significantly less so than in years past.
What is a Ghost Town? Strictly speaking, A ghost town is a completely abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war. The term is sometimes used in a sense, including cities, towns, and neighborhoods which, while still populated, are significantly less so than in years past.
GHOST TOWN #1: BEAR CREEK. A post office (1849-65) near the east edge of Bear Creek Township on the south side of Bear Creek, about one mile northeast of the present town of Brooklyn.
GHOST TOWN #2: BROWNSVILLE. A village in the southwestern part of section 35, Jackson Township, five miles south and one and one-half west of Montezuma, and just north of the Mahaska County line. The name of its post office (1864-95) was Sherman.
GHOST TOWN #3: MANAT. A post office for a short time in 1884 at or near the location of the railway station at Carnforth.
GHOST TOWN #4: WILSON. The original name of the present town of Victor. The name was changed from Wilson to Victor in 1862 when the post office of Victor, which had been in existence from 1854, and located about two miles to the south, was removed to near the newly built C., R. I. & P. depot.
GHOST TOWN #5: MILL GROVE. A village in the northern part of section 35, Sugar Creek Township, on the north bank of North Skunk River, and just NW of where the present HWY 146 crosses the North Skunk. Post office, 1856-72.
GHOST TOWN #6: SHERIDAN CENTER. A post office (1877-83) in the northern part of section 9, about a mile and a half south of the Tama County line, and just west of the current Hwy 63 in Sheridan Township. It continued as Sheridan until 1902. There is still a store there.
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