Green Mountain, Iowa

Green Mountain is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is located in Marion Township. As of the 2010 Census the population of Green Mountain was 126.[2]

Green Mountain, Iowa
census-designated place
Green Mountain, Iowa is located in Iowa
Green Mountain, Iowa
Green Mountain, Iowa
Green Mountain, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°06′06″N 92°49′14″W
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyMarshall
Established1883
Area
[1]
 • Total0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Land0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
991 ft (302 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total113
 • Density164.72/sq mi (63.62/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50632
Area code641
FIPS code19-32925

History
Green Mountain train wreck March 21, 1910

As early as 1856, a few settlers from Vermont settled about a mile north of the present-day community; they named their community after their home in Vermont. The present-day town of Green Mountain, south of the original townsite, was established in 1883, platted by the Iowa Construction Company. The town was built adjacent to the Chicago Great Western Railroad.[3]

The Green Mountain Congregational Church, one of the first in the county, was built in Green Mountain, along with a grain elevator and a few businesses; a savings bank was constructed in 1907.[3] The population of the community was 41 in 1902.[4]

Green Mountain, Iowa was the site of the Green Mountain train wreck. The wreck is known as the worst ever in Iowa history, as 52 people were killed in the accident on March 21, 1910.

In 1925, Green Mountain's population was 106.[5]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020113—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Education

The GMG Community School District serves the community. The district was established on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Garwin and Green Mountain school districts.[7]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Battin, William (1912). Past and Present of Marshall County, Iowa, Volume 1. Brookhaven Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781581038972.
  4. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  5. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2020-03-22.


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