A post office was established at Long Point in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1920.[2][3] The community was named from a long point on the nearby Iowa River.[4] Long Point's population was 33 in 1902.[5]
ReferencesEdit
^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Point, Iowa
^"Tama County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Long Point Post Office (historical)
^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. 95.
^Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
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