Churchville is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa

Iowa

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, United States

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. It is located at the intersection of Churchville Street and 30th Avenue. It is 1.5 miles southwest of Prole

Prole, Iowa

Prole is an unincorporated community in northwestern Warren County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 28 northwest of the city of Indianola, the county seat of Warren County. Its elevation is 978 feet . Although Prole is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code...

 and two miles north of Martensdale

Martensdale, Iowa

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, at 41.3967873N -93.7509298W.

History

Churchville was founded by John Churchman in 1854. The Church of the Assumption, a Catholic church, was constructed in 1859; the oldest Catholic church in the county, it was destroyed in a fire in March 1933.

A rail line was established at Churchville by the late 1800s. Rail service to Churchville was discontinued in July 1921.