Ware, Iowa

Ware, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Ware, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°47′25″N 94°45′33″W / 42.79028°N 94.75917°W / 42.79028; -94.75917Coordinates: 42°47′25″N 94°45′33″W / 42.79028°N 94.75917°W / 42.79028; -94.75917
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Pocahontas
Elevation	1,289 ft (393 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	712
GNIS feature ID	462676^[1]

Ware is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. Ware is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Pocahontas.

History

Ware had its start in the by the building of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad through that territory. It was named for Francis L. Ware, who owned the town site.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ware, Iowa
↑ Flickinger, Robert Elliott (1904). The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa. G. Sanborn. p. 735.

Municipalities and communities of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Pocahontas

Cities	Fonda Gilmore City‡ Havelock Laurens Palmer Plover Pocahontas Rolfe Varina

Townships	Bellville Cedar Center Colfax Cummins Des Moines Dover Garfield Grant Lake Lincoln Lizard Marshall Powhatan Roosevelt Sherman Swan Lake

Unincorporated community	Ware

Ghost town	Rubens

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

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