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Bubona

Ghost town · Emmet County, Iowa

Ingham Lake quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000)
Ingham Lake quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bubona is a ghost town in Emmet County, Iowa. It is the only former community in Emmet County recorded on the federal names register, out of 226 across Iowa.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bubona as a historical populated place on the Ingham Lake topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.3272° N, 94.6597° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIngham Lake
Elevation1,279 ft
Nearest living townGruver, IA
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID464039
Coordinates43.32718, -94.65970

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What's there now

Bubona is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gruver, IA (population 34), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,279 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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