Charleston, Iowa
Encyclopedia
Charleston is an unincorporated community
in Lee County
, Iowa
, United States
, in the state's southeastern corner.
Charleston, a town in Charleston Township, was laid out by George Berry on September 23, 1848, for Jacob Hufford, and the plat was filed in the office of the County Recorder on June 1, 1849. The original plat was 48 small and 3 large lots, with Hackberry, Main, and Elm Streets crossed by numbered streets east and west. Population in 1914 was 65, with 3 churches, public school, post office, express and telegraph offices, telephone connections, a hotel, a general store, and depot.
In 2010 the unincorporated town of Charleston consisted of 32 people living in 15 homes. The Lee County owned square is managed by Lee County Conservation Board where there is a shelter with a picnic table. The Rathbun Regional Water Association water tower #33 is a local landmark. A fire on Sunday, July 5, 2009, destroyed the Prairie House restaurant under the tower. Five fire departments, Donnellson, Des Moines Township, Monstrose, Fort Madison, and West Point, were unable to save the building. South of Charleston is the Charleston Cemetery.
Another unincorporated town in Charleston Township is New Boston.
Unincorporated area
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in Lee County
Lee County, Iowa
-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 35,862 in the county, with a population density of . There were 16,205 housing units, of which 14,610 were occupied.-2000 census:...
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, United States
United States
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, in the state's southeastern corner.
Charleston, a town in Charleston Township, was laid out by George Berry on September 23, 1848, for Jacob Hufford, and the plat was filed in the office of the County Recorder on June 1, 1849. The original plat was 48 small and 3 large lots, with Hackberry, Main, and Elm Streets crossed by numbered streets east and west. Population in 1914 was 65, with 3 churches, public school, post office, express and telegraph offices, telephone connections, a hotel, a general store, and depot.
In 2010 the unincorporated town of Charleston consisted of 32 people living in 15 homes. The Lee County owned square is managed by Lee County Conservation Board where there is a shelter with a picnic table. The Rathbun Regional Water Association water tower #33 is a local landmark. A fire on Sunday, July 5, 2009, destroyed the Prairie House restaurant under the tower. Five fire departments, Donnellson, Des Moines Township, Monstrose, Fort Madison, and West Point, were unable to save the building. South of Charleston is the Charleston Cemetery.
Another unincorporated town in Charleston Township is New Boston.
Statistics
- Land area: 35.1 sq. mi.
- Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
- Population: 792 (all rural)
- Males: 406 (51.3%)
- Females: 386 (48.7%)
- Occupied houses/apartments: 792 (646 owner occupied, 146 renter occupied)
- Races in Charleston township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
- Some other race: 0.1%