Astor, Iowa

Astor, Iowa
Astor, Iowa
unincorporated community
	Astor, Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°52′12″N 95°15′59″W / 41.87000°N 95.26639°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Crawford County
Platted	1882
Elevation	1,299 ft (396 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Astor was an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

History

Astor was platted on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railroad in 1882 by Alexander Liedlum. Astor had a Methodist church, a school, a grain elevator, and a general store which also served as the post office. The town grew quickly, but railroad officials set the junction of the rail line two miles northeast, to nearby Manilla. Many residents in Astor then moved their houses to Manilla, pulling them on horse-drawn skids. The community was slowly abandoned.^[1]

The community's population was 150 in 1890,^[2] 22 in 1900,^[3] and 42 in 1920.^[4]

References

^ Prince, Norm (2014). "Crawford County, Iowa, History". iagenweb.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). 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. pp. 188–190. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[1] Prince, Norm (2014). "Crawford County, Iowa, History". iagenweb.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

[Cram-2] Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[3] Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.

[4] Company, Rand McNally and (1925). 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. pp. 188–190. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Denison
Cities	Arion Aspinwall Buck Grove Charter Oak Deloit Denison Dow City Dunlap‡ Kiron Manilla Ricketts Schleswig Vail Westside	Map of Iowa highlighting Crawford County
Townships	Boyer Charter Oak Denison East Boyer Goodrich Hanover Hayes Iowa Jackson Milford Morgan Nishnabotny Otter Creek Paradise Soldier Stockholm Union Washington West Side Willow
Unincorporated communities	Astor Berne Boyer
Ghost towns	Ells Old Kiron
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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