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Fisk, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Fisk, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°12′04″N 94°31′41″W / 41.20111°N 94.52806°W / 41.20111; -94.52806
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Adair
Elevation	1,309 ft (399 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	641
GNIS feature ID	464542^[1]

Fisk is an unincorporated community or ghost town in Adair County, Iowa, United States.^[1]

History

Fisk was established near the center of Richland Township.

The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870.^[2]

By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery),^[3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office.^[4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins.^[5]

In 1902, Fisk's population was 37,^[6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28.^[7] The population was 37 in 1940.^[8]

A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fisk, Iowa
^ Lucian Moody Kilburn (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People. Pioneer publishing Company. pp. 148.
^ General Assembly, Iowa (1904). Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. p. 75.
^ Adair County 1901. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
^ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ General Rating Book. 1924. p. 278.
^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 299.
^ LLC, Historic Map Works. "Richland Township, Fisk, Atlas: Adair County 1951, Iowa Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Adair County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Greenfield
Cities	Adair‡ Bridgewater Casey‡ Fontanelle Greenfield Orient Stuart‡	Map of Iowa highlighting Adair County
Townships	Eureka Grand River Greenfield Grove Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lee Lincoln Orient Prussia Richland Summerset Summit Union Walnut Washington
Unincorporated communities	Arbor Hill Berea Canby Fisk Hebron Nanito Prussia Zion
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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