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Herrold, Iowa
Unincorporated Community
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Coordinates: 41°43′14″N 93°44′13″W / 41.7205435°N 93.7368894°W / 41.7205435; -93.7368894
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Polk
Elevation ^[1]	853 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	515
GNIS feature ID	2047899^[1]

Herrold is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States.^[1] Herrold is located in Jefferson Township.^[2] The state capital and county seat of Des Moines is slightly over 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast. Since 1990, the town has been part of nearby Camp Dodge and is not open to the public.

The historic Herrold Bridge crosses the Beaver Creek to the west of the community.^[3]

History

Herrold's population was 75 in 1925.^[4] The Iowa National Guard bought the town in 1990, and turned it into a training range. Most buildings from the town are now gone, but the schoolhouse is still used for training activities at Camp Dodge, and was renovated as recently as 2022.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Herrold, Iowa
^ "1919 county map". Polk County, Iowa. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
^ "Iowa Guard Engineers Renovate old Schoolhouse". National Guard. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Des Moines
Cities	Alleman Altoona Ankeny Bondurant Carlisle‡ Clive‡ Des Moines‡ Elkhart Granger‡ Grimes‡ Johnston Mitchellville‡ Norwalk‡ Pleasant Hill Polk City Runnells Sheldahl‡ Urbandale‡ West Des Moines‡ Windsor Heights	Map of Iowa highlighting Polk County
Townships	Allen Beaver Bloomfield Camp Clay Crocker Delaware Des Moines Douglas Elkhart Four Mile Franklin Jefferson Lee Lincoln Madison Saylor Union Walnut Washington Webster
CDP	Saylorville
Other communities	Adelphi Avon Berwick Crocker Enterprise Farrar Herrold Ivy Oralabor Saylor
Ghost town	Dudley Zook Spur
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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