City of Lost Nation, Sharon Township, Clinton County, Iowa, United States

Overview of Lost Nation

• Name:
  Lost Nation
• Official Name:
  City of Lost Nation
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Sharon Township, Clinton County, Iowa, United States
  
• History (GNIS):
  Several stories are associated with this name. A German named Balm was hunting with some relatives in this locality, and he found it difficult because of the tall grass. Others say a party of hunters saw the little prairie settlement in the valley below them and someone remarked that it looked like a lost nation. Still others say a tribe of Indians starved and froze to death here in early times or else a Mr. Cock, on a stock-buying trip, called it Lost Nation because he had difficulty in finding the locality (IA-T6). Founded in 1872 and incorporated in 1903.
• Surveys:
  Township 83 North, Range 1 East, Fifth Principal Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:41.963909541° 57' 50.1"N

  Longitude:-90.817643190° 49' 03.5"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Elwood (Brookfield Township) 4.5 mi. NE
  • Toronto (Liberty Township) 4.7 mi. SW
  • Oxford Junction (Oxford Township, Jones County) 7.2 mi. W
  • Baldwin (Monmouth Township, Jackson County) 7.7 mi. N
  • Monmouth (Monmouth Township, Jackson County) 8.4 mi. N
  • Wheatland (Spring Rock Township) 9.2 mi. S
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Lost Nation 0.1 mi. NW
  • Sacred Heart 0.2 mi. NW
  • Rustic Park 0.6 mi. NE
  • Smithtown 2.9 mi. NW
  • Busch 3.1 mi. NE
  • Dickman 3.5 mi. N
  • Elwood (Brookfield Township) 4.8 mi. NE
  • Rose Hill (Liberty Township) 4.9 mi. SW
  • Saint James (Liberty Township) 5.1 mi. SW
  • Massillon (Massillon Township, Cedar County) 6.3 mi. SW
  • Saint Columbkille (Grant Township) 6.4 mi. E
  • Foley Farm (Monmouth Township, Jackson County) 6.5 mi. N
• Population:
  469
• Elevation:
  230 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  433492252
• Updated Apr 19, 2020