Iowa Point is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northeastern Doniphan County

Doniphan County, Kansas

Doniphan County is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 7,945. Its county seat is Troy and its most populous city is Wathena. The county along with Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri is included in...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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. It is included in the St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area

St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area

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History

Iowa Point was first settled in 1854 on land received from the U.S. Government in payment for missionary services done at the nearby Iowa, Sac and Fox Indian mission. The town was a major shipping point between Leavenworth

Leavenworth, Kansas

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 and Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

 and by 1857, the town had a population estimated at 3,000 making it the second largest town on the Missouri River

Missouri River

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 next to Leavenworth.

The town divided on the issue of slavery

Slavery

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; by the end of the Civil War

American Civil War

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, it had nearly been completely burned, and businesses had nearly been depleted. In 1870, the population was at around 500 and in 1933, the post office closed.