Fisk is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States.[1]
History
Fisk was established near the center of Richland Township.
The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870.[2]
By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery),[3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office.[4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins.[5]
In 1902, Fisk's population was 37,[6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28.[7] The population was 37 in 1940.[8]
A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951.[9]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisk, Iowa
- ^ Lucian Moody Kilburn (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer publishing Company. pp. 148.
- ^ General Assembly, Iowa (1904). Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. p. 75.
- ^ Adair County 1901. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
- ^ General Rating Book. 1924. p. 278.
- ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 299.
- ^ LLC, Historic Map Works. "Richland Township, Fisk, Atlas: Adair County 1951, Iowa Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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