Green Mountain, Iowa

Green Mountain, Iowa
unincorporated community
Green Mountain, Iowa Green Mountain, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°06′06″N 92°49′14″W / 42.10167°N 92.82056°W / 42.10167; -92.82056
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Marshall
Established	1883
Elevation	991 ft (302 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	126^[1]
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	50632
Area code(s)	641

Green Mountain is a rural unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is located in Marion Township.

History

The town of Green Mountain was established in 1883.^[2]

Green Mountain train wreck March 21, 1910

Green Mountain, Iowa was the site of the Green Mountain train wreck. The wreck is known as the worst ever in Iowa history, as 52 people were killed in the accident on March 21, 1910.

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
↑ Battin, William (1912). Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa, Volume 1. Brookhaven Press. p. 174.

Municipalities and communities of Marshall County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Marshalltown

Cities	Albion Clemons Ferguson Gilman Haverhill Laurel Le Grand‡ Liscomb Marshalltown Melbourne Rhodes St. Anthony State Center

Townships	Bangor Eden Greencastle Iowa Jefferson Le Grand Liberty Liscomb Logan Marietta Marion Marshall Minerva State Center Taylor Timber Creek Vienna Washington

CDP	Green Mountain

Other unincorporated communities	Bangor Dunbar LaMoille Quarry

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

Coordinates: 42°06′06″N 92°49′14″W / 42.10167°N 92.82056°W / 42.10167; -92.82056

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