Kemling, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Pottawattamie |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 712 |
GNIS feature ID | 464242 [1] |
Kemling or Kemlingham is a ghost town in Pottawattamie County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Kemling was located at 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W, [1] 8.5 miles east of Macedonia, Iowa. [2]
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]
Kemling, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Pottawattamie |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 712 |
GNIS feature ID | 464242 [1] |
Kemling or Kemlingham is a ghost town in Pottawattamie County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Kemling was located at 41°09′59.97″N 95°16′42.98″W / 41.1666583°N 95.2786056°W, [1] 8.5 miles east of Macedonia, Iowa. [2]
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]