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Ionia, Nebraska

Coordinates: 42°40′06″N 96°46′51″W / 42.66833°N 96.78087°W / 42.66833; -96.78087
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Ionia is a ghost town in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

History

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A post office was established at Ionia in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[2]

Ionia was located on the Missouri River but erosion and flooding led to Ionia's demise.[3]

There also existed a "volcano" at the site.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ionia, Nebraska
  2. ^ "Dixon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ William Huse (1896). History of Dixon County, Nebraska: Its Pioneers, Settlement, Growth and Development, and Its Present Condition--its Villages, Townships, Enterprises and Leading Citizens, Together with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Etc. Press of the Daily News. pp. 51–52.
  4. ^ The Ionia "Volcano" | https://web.archive.org/web/20170623134939/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/ionia_volcano.htm


42°40′06″N 96°46′51″W / 42.66833°N 96.78087°W / 42.66833; -96.78087