Robinson, Iowa
History
Robinson was founded in 1912, named after the Robinson family of southwestern Delaware County. The post office at Robinson was established on April 5, 1913. The postmistress was Mary Irene Robinson.
Around the time of its founding, Robinson was home to two general stores, two hardware stores, a bank, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, a harness shop, a lumber yard, a pool hall, a grain elevator, and a newspaper (the Robinson Herald).
Alexander Robinson, one prominent Robinson, built a farm 1.5 miles north of the townsite. William B. Robinson operated the Farmers Savings Bank of Robinson and the Robinson Lumber and Grain Company, circa 1914. The Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railroad (CAN) passed through Robinson, built in 1912 and proposed for electrification in 1916. The CAN Railway was sold for scrap during World War I.
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Merry, John F. (1914). History of Delaware County, Iowa, and Its People, Vol. 1. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. pp. 294–296.
- ^ Merry, John F. (1914). History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 2, pp. 211, 492-493.
- ^ Anon. (1916-05-27). "Electrification of another Iowa road proposed", Electric Railway Journal, Volume 47, McGraw Publishing. p. 1011.
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