Green Castle, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°44′46″N 93°15′42″W / 41.74611°N 93.26167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Jasper |
Elevation | 915 ft (279 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 457098 [1] |
Green Castle, also spelled Greencastle, is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Green Castle lies along the junction of North 51st Avenue W and West 112th Street N, a half mile west of Iowa Highway 117. [1]
Greencastle was platted in Section 16 of Powesheik Township. The first settler, in 1846, was Joseph Slaughter. A school was built there in 1849, a flour mill followed in 1875, and in 1878 15 buildings were constructed in Greencastle. [2]
The Greencastle post office opened in August 1856 and closed in December 1901. [3]
The population of Greencastle was 125 in 1887, [4] and was 42 in 1902. [5]