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Volga is located at (42.802583, -91.540562) [5] on the Volga According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.78 square miles (2.02 km 2 ), all land. [ 6 ]
Volga Township covers an area of 39.03 square miles (101.1 km 2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Elkport and Garber. According to the USGS, it contains ten cemeteries: Blanchaine, Communia, Eberhard, Hartshey, Immanuel Lutheran, Krumm, Musfeldt, Old Garber, Saint Michaels and Wolf.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]
Communia is an unincorporated community located in Clayton County, Iowa, United States, in the south half of section 8, Volga Township. The area was established as a German colony in 1847. The area was established as a German colony in 1847.
A History of Iowa (1974), a standard history online; Schwieder, Dorothy. Iowa: The Middle Land (1996), a standard scholarly history; Silag, William. "The Conquest of the Hinterland: Railroads and Capitalists in Northwest Iowa after the Civil War", Annals of Iowa, 50 (Spring 1990), 475–506. Strauss, Dafnah.
Town name Other name(s) County Established Disestablished Remarks Big Spring: Wayne: Bryantsburg: Buchanan: Buxton: Monroe: Buchanan: Cedar: Buckhorn: Jackson: Caledonia
Littleport is an unincorporated community and former city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. After the Volga River flood of May 16, 1999, much of the town was destroyed and most residents moved away. At the 2000 Census, there were 26 residents.
As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,256. [2] It was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. Fayette is the home of Upper Iowa University, a small private college. The Volga River State Recreation Area is located just north of Fayette, and many other parks and natural areas are nearby.