Clyde, Iowa

Clyde, Iowa
Clyde, Iowa
Unincorporated community
	Clyde, Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°50′31″N 93°15′55″W / 41.84194°N 93.26528°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Jasper
Elevation	974 ft (297 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	464502

Clyde is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Clyde lies along the junction of North 102st Avenue W and Iowa Highway 330.^[1]

History[edit]

Clyde was founded in Section 11 on Clear Creek Township. The Maxwell and Company store opened in Clyde in 1868, and a Methodist church was founded in 1874. A fire burned the Maxwell residence in 1875. In 1878, Clyde was a village of 12 to 15 houses and several shops.^[2]

The Clyde post office opened in 1858 and closed in 1904.^[3]

The population of Clyde was 50 in 1887,^[4] and was 44 in 1902.^[5] The population had decreased to 26 in 1917.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clyde, Iowa
^ The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Western Historical. 1878. p. 504.
^ "GNIS Detail - Clyde Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^ 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.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.^{[permanent dead link]}

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clyde, Iowa

[2] The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Western Historical. 1878. p. 504.

[3] "GNIS Detail - Clyde Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

[4] 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.

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

[6] Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Jasper County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Newton
Cities	Baxter Colfax Kellogg Lambs Grove Lynnville Mingo Mitchellville‡ Monroe Newton Oakland Acres Prairie City Reasnor Sully Valeria	Map of Iowa highlighting Jasper County
Townships	Buena Vista Clear Creek Des Moines Elk Creek Fairview Hickory Grove Independence Kellogg Lynn Grove Malaka Mariposa Mound Prairie Newton Palo Alto Poweshiek Richland Rock Creek Sherman Washington
Unincorporated communities	Clyde Fairmount Galesburg Green Castle Ira Killduff Metz Murphy Newburg Rushville Vandalia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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