Massillon, Iowa

Massillon, Iowa
—  unincorporated community  —
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Cedar County
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	563

Massillon is an unincorporated community in Massillon Township, Cedar County, Iowa, United States. It is located south of the Wapsipinicon River on County Road Y24 west of Toronto and north of Lowden in the northeastern corner of the county, at 41.914844N, -90.922851W.^[1]

History

Massillon was originally known as Denson's Ferry, named after a Joseph Denson who ran a ferry on the Wapsipinicon River. The town was founded as Massillon in 1854, which was named after the city of Massillon, Ohio located 540 miles to the east on US 30.^[2]

References

Iowa portal

1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
2. ^ Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 145. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1587295318.

Coordinates: 41°54′53″N 90°55′22″W / 41.91472°N 90.92278°W / 41.91472; -90.92278