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Carnforth, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carnforth is an unincorporated community in Poweshiek County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]
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History
A post office was established as Manatt in 1884, and renamed Carnforth after two months.[2] The Carnforth post office was discontinued in 1907.[3] A railroad official selected the place name Carnforth from a book he was reading at the time.[4] Carnforth's population was 33 in 1902,[5] and 40 in 1925.[6] The population was 31 in 1940.[7]
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