Abingdon, Iowa

Abingdon, Iowa
unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Jefferson County
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Abingdon is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Road H33 (Brookville Road) and Cedar Avenue, near the west edge of Jefferson County, at 41.082036N, -92.138772W.^[1]

History

Abingdon was founded by Colonel Thomas McCollough in August 1849, named after Abingdon, Virginia.^[2]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 19. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Fairfield

Cities	Batavia Coppock‡ Fairfield Libertyville Lockridge Maharishi Vedic City Packwood Pleasant Plain

Townships	Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Center Des Moines Liberty Lockridge Locust Grove Penn Polk Round Prairie Walnut

Unincorporated communities	Abingdon Pekin

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°04′56″N 92°08′21″W / 41.08222°N 92.13917°W / 41.08222; -92.13917

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