Folletts, Iowa

Folletts, Iowa
Folletts, Iowa
unincorporated community
	Folletts, Iowa Location of Folletts, Iowa Folletts, Iowa Folletts, Iowa (the United States)
	Coordinates: 41°44′55″N 90°21′17″W / 41.74861°N 90.35472°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Clinton County
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	563

Folletts is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersections of 292nd Street and County Highway Z36 on the north bank of the Wapsipinicon River. It is one mile west of Shaffton and three miles east of McCausland, at 41.750099N, -90.354990W.^[1]

History

A ferry service was established by William Follett on the Wapsipinicon River in 1837. In 1884, the Folletts post office was established; it was discontinued in 1933.^[2] The population of Folletts was 48 in 1902,^[3] and 50 in 1925.^[4]

Until the Great Depression, Folletts was an important trade stop on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.^[5]

The population was 59 in 1940.^[6]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 88. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ 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. 1925. p. 190.
^ Klinkenberg, Dean (October 1, 2009). Travel Guide-Lansing Iowa to Leclaire: Along the Mississippi River in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin: Lansing Iowa to Leclaire. Dean Klinkenberg. p. 167. ISBN 9780971690448. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 299.

[GR1-1] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

[Savage-2] Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 88. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.

[3] Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.

[4] 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. 1925. p. 190.

[5] Klinkenberg, Dean (October 1, 2009). Travel Guide-Lansing Iowa to Leclaire: Along the Mississippi River in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin: Lansing Iowa to Leclaire. Dean Klinkenberg. p. 167. ISBN 9780971690448. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

[6] The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 299.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Clinton
Cities	Andover Calamus Camanche Charlotte Clinton DeWitt Delmar Goose Lake Grand Mound Lost Nation Low Moor Maquoketa‡ Toronto Welton Wheatland	Map of Iowa highlighting Clinton County
Townships	Bloomfield Brookfield Camanche Center De Witt Deep Creek Eden Elk River Grant Hampshire Liberty Olive Orange Sharon Spring Rock Washington Waterford Welton
CDP	Big Rock‡
Other communities	Almont Bryant Elvira Elwood Folletts Malone Petersville Teeds Grove
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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