Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Honey Creek, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Honey Creek, Iowa is located in Iowa
Honey Creek, Iowa
Honey Creek, Iowa
Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 41°25′50″N 95°51′59″W / 41.43056°N 95.86639°W / 41.43056; -95.86639
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyPottawattamie
Elevation
[1]
1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
51542
GNIS feature ID464584[1]

Honey Creek is an unincorporated community in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,014 feet (309 m).[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code 51542.[2]

History

Honey Creek was founded in the 1860s when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point.[3] The community took its name from nearby Honey Creek.[4] A post office was established in Honey Creek in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1990.[5][6] Honey Creek's population was 21 in 1902,[7] and 100 in 1925.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
  2. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. ^ History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1883. pp. 278.
  4. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 84.
  5. ^ "Pottawattamie County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek Post Office (historical)
  7. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  8. ^ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.