Massillon, Iowa

Massillon, Iowa
Massillon, Iowa
unincorporated community
	Church Upon a Hill
	Massillon, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa
	Coordinates: 41°54′53″N 90°55′22″W / 41.91472°N 90.92278°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Cedar County
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	563

Massillon is an unincorporated community in Massillon Township, Cedar County, Iowa, United States. It is south of the Wapsipinicon River on County Road Y24, west of Toronto and north of Lowden in the northeastern corner of the county, at 41.914844N, -90.922851W.^[1]

History

The area where the town of Massillon was founded was originally known as Denson's Ferry, named after a Joseph Denson who ran a ferry on the Wapsipinicon River.^[2] The town plat was founded in 1854 and was a station along the Davenport & Northern Railroad.^[3] The town was named after the city of Massillon, Ohio, located 540 miles (870 km) to the east on US 30.^[4]

The first bridge was built over the Wapsipinicon River at Massillon in 1868 at the expense of $4,000.^[5]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ The History of Cedar County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc. Western Historical Company. 1878. p. 546.
^ The history of Cedar County, Iowa, Western Historical Co., 1878.
^ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 145. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.
^ Aurner, Clarence Ray (1910). A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke. pp. 76.

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

[2] The History of Cedar County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, etc. Western Historical Company. 1878. p. 546.

[3] The history of Cedar County, Iowa, Western Historical Co., 1878.

[4] Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 145. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.

[5] Aurner, Clarence Ray (1910). A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke. pp. 76.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Cedar County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Tipton
Cities	Bennett Clarence Durant‡ Lowden Mechanicsville Stanwood Tipton West Branch‡ Wilton‡	Map of Iowa highlighting Cedar County
Townships	Cass Center Dayton Fairfield Farmington Fremont Gower Inland Iowa Linn Massillon Pioneer Red Oak Rochester Springdale Springfield Sugar Creek
CDPs	Downey Rochester
Other communities	Buchanan Cedar Bluff Centerdale Massillon Plato Springdale Sunbury Wald
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Massillon, Iowa
unincorporated community
Church Upon a Hill
Massillon, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 41°54′53″N 90°55′22″W / 41.91472°N 90.92278°W / 41.91472; -90.92278
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Cedar County
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	563