Iowa Point is an

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in northeastern

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, United States.

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 and

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

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next to Leavenworth. The town divided on the issue of

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; by the end of the

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, it had nearly been completely burned, and businesses had nearly been depleted. The town never recovered. The first post office in Iowa Point opened in 1855, closed temporarily in 1914, reopened that same year, and closed permanently in 1933.

Demographics

The community is included in the

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* Doniphan County maps
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