WayfarrowDayfield
Ghost town · Muscatine County, Iowa
Dayfield is a ghost town in Muscatine County, Iowa. It is one of 3 former communities in Muscatine County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 40th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dayfield as a historical populated place on the Muscatine NW 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 41.4650° N, 91.1513° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Muscatine NW |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 682 ft |
| Nearest living town | Kent Estates, IA |
| Distance to it | 4.9 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 464284 |
| Coordinates | 41.46503, -91.15126 |
What's there now
Dayfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kent Estates, IA (population 1,863), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 682 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Port Allenghost town · Muscatine County · 13.7 mi
- Pine Millsghost town · Muscatine County · 14.5 mi
- Parkhurstghost town · Johnson County · 16.2 mi
- Lafayetteghost town · Louisa County · 16.5 mi
- Hillsboroghost town · Louisa County · 16.5 mi
- Bardghost town · Louisa County · 17.1 mi
- Midwayghost town · Johnson County · 18.3 mi
- Bethelghost town · Louisa County · 18.4 mi
- Iowa Junctionghost town · Washington County · 20 mi
- Grahamghost town · Johnson County · 21.5 mi
- Yattonghost town · Washington County · 22.4 mi
- Chapel Hillghost town · Scott County · 26.2 mi
Questions
Where is Dayfield?
Dayfield is in Muscatine County, Iowa, at 41.4650, -91.1513.
How many ghost towns are in Muscatine County?
Muscatine County, Iowa has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.