Iowa Point, Kansas

Iowa Point is an unincorporated community in northeastern Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

Iowa Point, Kansas
Unincorporated community
A plat of Iowa Point
KDOT map of Doniphan County (legend)
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Coordinates: 39°55′42″N 95°14′19″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Doniphan
Founded	1854
Elevation [1]	856 ft (261 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-34475
GNIS ID	472808 [1]

History

Iowa Point sign located on K-7

Iowa Point was first settled in 1854 on land received from the U.S. Government in payment for missionary services done at the nearby Iowa, Sac and Fox Indian mission. The town was a major shipping point between Leavenworth and Omaha and by 1857, the town had a population estimated at 3,000 making it the second largest town on the Missouri River next to Leavenworth.^[2]

The town divided on the issue of slavery; by the end of the Civil War, it had nearly been completely burned, and businesses had nearly been depleted. The town never recovered.^[3]

The first post office in Iowa Point opened in 1855, closed temporarily in 1914, reopened that same year, and closed permanently in 1933.^[4]

Demographics

The community is included in the St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area.