Judd was an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Webster County,
Iowa
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, United States.
Geography
Judd was in the northern part of
Washington Township, adjacent to
Colfax Township, 2.5 miles west of
Duncombe. Its elevation was 1112 feet (339 m).
History
Judd was named for Norman P. Judd, an executive at the
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, ...
. In 1913, Judd had a post office/general store. The grain elevator was operated by the Western Elevator Company.
Judd's population was 54 in 1902, and was 52 in 1915.
In 1940, Judd's population was 50.
See also
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Burnside, Iowa
Burnside is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, Webster County, Iowa, United States. Burnside has a post office with the ZIP code 50521.
History
Present-day Burnside was laid out as a town named Buchanan on J ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Webster County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
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