Vista was an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States.[1] It was located at the junction of local roads Freeman Avenue and 260th Street.
Vista, Iowa | |
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former unincorporated community | |
  Vista, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′48″N 91°59′14″W / 42.41333°N 91.98722°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Iowa |
| County | Buchanan County |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Geography edit
Vista was in Section 26 of Westburg Township,[2] at the junction of Freeman Avenue and 260th Street.[3]
History edit
Founded in the 19th century, Vista appeared on maps as early as the 1870s.[4]
The Methodist Church in Vista was organized in 1878. By 1914, it had 35 members in its congregation, and the building was originally used by Baptists.[5]
The Vista post office opened in 1889 and closed in either 1903[2] or 1904.[6] The History of Buchanan County, Iowa states the Vista Post office closed on December 31, 1904.[5]
Vista's population was 28 in 1917.[7]
By the 1930s and 1940s, Vista was considered a former village, appearing in lists of former towns and villages alongside Shady Grove, Kiene, Newtonville, Atlantic, Gatesville, Coytown, Castleville, Monti, Middlefield, and the original Hazleton townsite;[2][8] only a few farmhouses remain.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vista, Iowa
- ^ a b c "Pioneer Village of Iowa Died Hard; Mott Lists Some Old Buchanan Names". The Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, IA. November 19, 1930. p. 17. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin Limited. 2021. p. 31.
- ^ 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 December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Chappell, Harry Church; Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa: And Its People. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 285. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Vista Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Coytown, Mudville, Erin Now Abandoned Villages". The Independence Bulletin-Journal - Souvenir Centennial Issue. Independence, IA. June 12, 1947. p. 60. Retrieved December 31, 2023.