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'''Larland''' was a rural [[unincorporated community]] in [[Audubon County, Iowa]], in the [[United States]].<ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|458233|name=Larland, Iowa}}</ref> It was located about 9 miles east of [[Audubon, Iowa|Aududon]], the county seat, in [[Melville Township, Audubon County, Iowa|Melville Township]].<ref name="9miles">[https://books.google.com/books?id=dMpOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA651 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-19] (1918), p. 651</ref>
'''Larland''' was a rural [[unincorporated community]] in [[Audubon County, Iowa]], in the [[United States]].<ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|458233|name=Larland, Iowa}}</ref> It was located about 9 miles east of [[Audubon, Iowa|Aududon]], the county seat, in [[Melville Township, Audubon County, Iowa|Melville Township]].<ref name="9miles">[https://books.google.com/books?id=dMpOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA651 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525211021/https://books.google.com/books?id=dMpOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA651 |date=May 25, 2021 }} (1918), p. 651</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Audubon County, Iowa 1903.png|thumb|left|Larland appeared on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map.]]
[[File:Audubon County, Iowa 1903.png|thumb|left|Larland appeared on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map.]]
A rural farming community,<ref name="larland1">(29 September 1898). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057934/1898-09-29/ed-1/seq-6/ Larland News], ''Audubon County Journal''</ref> a post office was established in Larland on April 30, 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on May 15, 1902.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=Henry Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlc0AQAAMAAJ&q=larland+audubon+county |title=History of Audubon County, Iowa: Its People, Industries, and Institutions |date=1915 |publisher=Brookhaven Press |isbn=978-1-58103-241-3 |pages=296 |language=en}}</ref> Larland was located in the eastern part of Melville Township,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/audubon_county_iowa_ghost_towns.html |title=Audubon County |publisher=Iowa Ghost Towns |accessdate=6 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925222703/http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/audubon_county_iowa_ghost_towns.html |archivedate=September 25, 2013 }}</ref> near the county line.
A rural farming community,<ref name="larland1">(29 September 1898). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057934/1898-09-29/ed-1/seq-6/ Larland News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525204037/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057934/1898-09-29/ed-1/seq-6/ |date=May 25, 2021 }}, ''Audubon County Journal''</ref> a post office was established in Larland on April 30, 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on May 15, 1902.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=Henry Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlc0AQAAMAAJ&q=larland+audubon+county |title=History of Audubon County, Iowa: Its People, Industries, and Institutions |date=1915 |publisher=Brookhaven Press |isbn=978-1-58103-241-3 |pages=296 |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214225416/https://books.google.com/books?id=qlc0AQAAMAAJ&q=larland+audubon+county#v=snippet&q=larland%20audubon%20county&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Larland was located in the eastern part of Melville Township,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/audubon_county_iowa_ghost_towns.html |title=Audubon County |publisher=Iowa Ghost Towns |accessdate=6 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925222703/http://www.iowaghosttowns.com/audubon_county_iowa_ghost_towns.html |archivedate=September 25, 2013 }}</ref> near the county line.


The community once had a general store,<ref name="9miles"/> and more than one rural school was located in Larland,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-03-25 |title=Local and Personal |work=Audubon Republican (Audubon, Iowa) |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057928/1920-03-25/ed-1/seq-5/ |access-date=2021-06-06}}</ref> including the Union Schools and the Melville Schools.
The community once had a general store,<ref name="9miles"/> and more than one rural school was located in Larland,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-03-25 |title=Local and Personal |work=Audubon Republican (Audubon, Iowa) |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057928/1920-03-25/ed-1/seq-5/ |access-date=2021-06-06 |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606045258/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057928/1920-03-25/ed-1/seq-5/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including the Union Schools and the Melville Schools.


Larland's population was 28 in 1902,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC&q=larland |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=204 |language=en}}</ref> and 30 in 1924.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LpMAQAAIAAJ&dq=%2522larland%2522%252B%2522audubon%2520co.%2522&pg=PA283 |title=General Rating Book |year=1924 |location=Boston, MA |pages=283 |language=en}}</ref> Years of rural migration emptied the area, and by 1932, Larland was considered abandoned.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mott |first=David C. |title=Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa |year=1932 |journal=The Annals of Iowa |volume=18| issue = 3 |page=205|doi=10.17077/0003-4827.5529 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The population was 10 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=304 |language=en}}</ref>
Larland's population was 28 in 1902,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC&q=larland |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=204 |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212001457/https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC&q=larland#v=snippet&q=larland&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> and 30 in 1924.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LpMAQAAIAAJ&dq=%2522larland%2522%252B%2522audubon%2520co.%2522&pg=PA283 |title=General Rating Book |year=1924 |location=Boston, MA |pages=283 |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214225419/https://books.google.com/books?id=0LpMAQAAIAAJ&dq=%2522larland%2522%252B%2522audubon%2520co.%2522&pg=PA283#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Years of rural migration emptied the area, and by 1932, Larland was considered abandoned.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mott |first=David C. |title=Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa |year=1932 |journal=The Annals of Iowa |volume=18| issue = 3 |page=205|doi=10.17077/0003-4827.5529 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The population was 10 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=304 |language=en |access-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103000157/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>


The ''Des Moines Register'' noted in 1989 the community no longer existed.<ref>{{cite news |title=RAGBRAI Route On, Get In Gear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79088045/larland/ |access-date=7 June 2021 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=February 26, 1989}}</ref> {{Clear}}
The ''Des Moines Register'' noted in 1989 the community no longer existed.<ref>{{cite news |title=RAGBRAI Route On, Get In Gear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79088045/larland/ |access-date=7 June 2021 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=February 26, 1989 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607002857/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79088045/larland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Clear}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 22:54, 14 February 2024

Larland, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Larland, Iowa is located in Iowa
Larland, Iowa
Larland, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°43′54″N 94°45′47″W / 41.73167°N 94.76306°W / 41.73167; -94.76306
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyAudubon
Elevation
1,371 ft (418 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code712
GNIS feature ID458233[1]

Larland was a rural unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States.[1] It was located about 9 miles east of Aududon, the county seat, in Melville Township.[2]

History

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Larland appeared on the 1903 Rand McNally State of Iowa map.

A rural farming community,[3] a post office was established in Larland on April 30, 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on May 15, 1902.[4] Larland was located in the eastern part of Melville Township,[5] near the county line.

The community once had a general store,[2] and more than one rural school was located in Larland,[6] including the Union Schools and the Melville Schools.

Larland's population was 28 in 1902,[7] and 30 in 1924.[8] Years of rural migration emptied the area, and by 1932, Larland was considered abandoned.[9] The population was 10 in 1940.[10]

The Des Moines Register noted in 1989 the community no longer existed.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Larland, Iowa
  2. ^ a b Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-19 Archived May 25, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (1918), p. 651
  3. ^ (29 September 1898). Larland News Archived May 25, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Audubon County Journal
  4. ^ Andrews, Henry Franklin (1915). History of Audubon County, Iowa: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Brookhaven Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-58103-241-3. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Audubon County". Iowa Ghost Towns. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "Local and Personal". Audubon Republican (Audubon, Iowa). March 25, 1920. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 204. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  8. ^ General Rating Book. Boston, MA. 1924. p. 283. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Mott, David C. (1932). "Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa". The Annals of Iowa. 18 (3): 205. doi:10.17077/0003-4827.5529.
  10. ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 304. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  11. ^ "RAGBRAI Route On, Get In Gear". The Des Moines Register. February 26, 1989. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.


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