Kemling, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W / 41.1666583; -95.2786056CountryUnited StatesStateIowaCountyPottawattamieTime zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code712GNIS feature ID464242^[1]

Kemling or Kemlingham is a ghost town in Pottawattamie County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Geography

Kemling was located at 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W / 41.1666583; -95.2786056,^[1] 8.5 miles east of Macedonia, Iowa.^[2]

History

Kemling was founded as a post office on the Burlington Railroad.^[2] This post office operated from 1894 to 1901.^[3] After the post office closure, mail was routed through Macedonia.^[2]

By the early 1900s, Kemling was listed among other Iowa towns and villages in Iowa's legislative documents.^[4] Kemling's population was 10 in 1900.^[5]

The population of Kemling was 26 in 1915,^[6] 6 in 1925,^[7] and was just 4 persons in 1940.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1905. p. 828.
^ "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
^ Assembly, Iowa General (1915). Legislative Documents. p. 304.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. 1917. p. 66.
^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 189.
^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 303.