Gerled, Iowa

Gerled is an unincorporated community in Kossuth County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

History

Gerled was named by conjoining the names of two adjacent townships: German and Ledyard.^[1]^[2] A post office was established at Gerled in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1951.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gerled, Iowa
↑ 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. 77.
↑ "Kossuth County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Kossuth County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Algona

Cities	Algona Bancroft Burt Fenton Lakota Ledyard Lone Rock Lu Verne‡ Swea City Titonka Wesley West Bend‡ Whittemore

Townships	Buffalo Burt Cresco Eagle Fenton Garfield German Grant Greenwood Harrison Hebron Irvington Ledyard Lincoln Lotts Creek Lu Verne Plum Creek Portland Prairie Ramsey Riverdale Seneca Sherman Springfield Swea Union Wesley Whittemore

CDPs	Irvington Sexton St. Benedict St. Joseph

Unincorporated communities	Galbraith Gerled

Ghost town	Plum Creek

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

Coordinates: 43°23′00″N 94°11′16″W / 43.38333°N 94.18778°W / 43.38333; -94.18778

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