Massillon, Iowa

Massillon, Iowa
—  unincorporated community  —
Country  United States
State  Iowa
County Cedar County
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 563

Massillon is an unincorporated community in Massillon Township, Cedar County, Iowa, United States. It is located south of the Wapsipinicon River on County Road Y24 west of Toronto and north of Lowden in the northeastern corner of the county, at 41.914844N, -90.922851W.[1]

History

The area where the town of Massillon was founded was originally known as Denson's Ferry, named after a Joseph Denson who ran a ferry on the Wapsipinicon River. The town plat was founded in 1854 and was a station along the Davenport & Northern Railroad.[2] The town was named after the city of Massillon, Ohio located 540 miles to the east on US 30.[3]

References

Iowa portal
  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. ^ name="The history of Cedar County, Iowa". The history of Cedar County, Iowa, Western Historical Co., 1878.
  3. ^ name="Savage">Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 145. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1587295318.
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties