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Hentons

Ghost town · Mills County, Iowa

Pacific Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Pacific Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hentons as a historical populated place on the Pacific Junction 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 41.0925° N, 95.8331° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePacific Junction
Elevation959 ft
Nearest living townOffutt AFB, NE
Distance to it5 miles
GNIS feature ID464287
Coordinates41.09250, -95.83306

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What's there now

Hentons is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Offutt AFB, NE (population 5,663), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 959 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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