Carnarvon, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

Carnarvon, Iowa

Unincorporated community

Carnarvon, Iowa

Coordinates: 42°15′13″N 95°01′18″W﻿ / ﻿42.25361°N 95.02167°W﻿ / 42.25361; -95.02167Coordinates: 42°15′13″N 95°01′18″W﻿ / ﻿42.25361°N 95.02167°W﻿ / 42.25361; -95.02167
Country| United States
State| Iowa
County| Sac
Elevation

| 1,260 ft (380 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code| 712
GNIS feature ID| 455175[1]

Carnarvon is an unincorporated community in Sac County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

## History[edit]

A post office was established at Carnarvon in 1888.[2][3] The community was named after Caernarfon, in Wales, the former hometown of a first settler.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnarvon, Iowa
2. ^ "Sac County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carnarvon, Iowa
4. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 51.

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Municipalities and communities of Sac County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Sac City

Cities|

* Auburn
* Early
* Lake View
* Lytton‡
* Nemaha
* Odebolt
* Sac City
* Schaller
* Wall Lake

Townships|

* Boyer Valley
* Cedar
* Clinton
* Cook
* Coon Valley
* Delaware
* Douglas
* Eden
* Eureka
* Jackson
* Levey
* Richland
* Sac
* Viola
* Wall Lake
* Wheeler

Unincorporated
community|

* Carnarvon
* Grant City
* Ulmer

Ghost town|

* Herring

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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