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Dairyville

Ghost town · Grundy County, Iowa

Dike quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Dike quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dairyville as a historical populated place on the Dike 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 42.4847° N, 92.6527° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDike
Elevation1,005 ft
Nearest living townDike, IA
Distance to it2 miles
GNIS feature ID464143
Coordinates42.48470, -92.65269

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What's there now

Dairyville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dike, IA (population 1,258), about 2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,005 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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