Ardon, Iowa

Ardon, Iowa
—  unincorporated community  —
Country  United States
State  Iowa
County Muscatine County
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Ardon is a former townsite and unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of 250th Street and Jasper Avenue, four miles east of Cranston, at 41.366543N, -94.317809W.[1]

History

Ardon was a rail town built in the late 1800s. Once home to livery stables, a hotel, a railroad depot, and around 70 residents, the rail line was later moved. The railroad station was moved two miles west. Only the Ardon Cemetery, the Ardon rail sign, and a few scattered houses remain.[2]

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  2. ^ Sayre, Robert F. (2000). Take the Next Exit: New Views of the Iowa Landscape, p. 102.
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Further Reading

Healey, Howard A. (1979). Ardon, 1901-1954: History of a Small Town in "76" Township, Muscatine Co. Iowa.

Municipalities and communities of Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
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Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties