Ballyclough, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
42°25′33″N 90°43′5.46″W / 42.42583°N 90.7181833°W / 42.42583; -90.7181833Ballyclough is an unincorporated community in Dubuque County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
History
Ballyclough was founded 8 miles from Dubuque. William Kaufman ran the grocery store in Ballyclough.[1] The name of the community is Irish in origin.[2]
The community's[3] population was 25 in 1890,[4] and was 21 in 1900.[5]
In 1947, the Table Mound Township Hall was located in Ballyclough.[6]
References
- ^ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1918.
- ^ Cook, Pauline (1945). "Iowa Place Names of Foreign Origin". The Modern Language Journal. 29 (7): 617–628. doi:10.2307/319510. ISSN 0026-7902. JSTOR 319510.
- ^ Board, United States Geographic (1892). Report: 1890. p. 31.
- ^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 368.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
- ^ "Farmers to Give Reports By Township". Dubuque Telegraph Herald. November 16, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
External links
- Ballyclough, Iowa, November 2009
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