Sperry, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sperry is an unincorporated community in central Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads north of the city of Burlington, the county seat of Des Moines County.[2] Its elevation is 751 feet (229 m).[3] Although Sperry is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52650,[4] which opened on 5 February 1870.[5]
Sperry, Iowa | |
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 An aerial photograph of Sperry | |
  Sperry Location within the state of Iowa  Sperry Sperry (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′25″N 91°9′24″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Des Moines |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.24 sq mi (5.80 km2) |
| • Land | 2.24 sq mi (5.79 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 124 |
| • Density | 55.43/sq mi (21.40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 52650 |
| Area code | 319 |
| FIPS code | 19-74325 |
| GNIS feature ID | 461847 |
The community is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Sperry got its start in the year 1869, when John M. Sperry settled there and opened a post office.[7]
Sperry was a station stop on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway later a part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; construction of the line began in 1869. This line was also used by the Burlington and Northwestern Railway system, later part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. All service on the line by both the Rock Island and Burlington systems ended in 1980.
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