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Queen City

Ghost town · Adams County, Iowa

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

Queen City is a ghost town in Adams County, Iowa, recorded as city in Iowa, USA. It is one of 2 former communities in Adams County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Queen City as a historical populated place on the Corning North 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 41.0053° N, 94.7100° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCorning North
Elevation1,146 ft
Nearest living townCorning, IA
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID465481
Coordinates41.00526, -94.70997

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What's there now

Queen City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Corning, IA (population 1,573), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,146 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Queen City?

Queen City is in Adams County, Iowa, at 41.0053, -94.7100.

How many ghost towns are in Adams County?

Adams County, Iowa has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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