Climbing Hill, Iowa

Climbing Hill, Iowa
—  Unincorporated community  —
Climbing Hill, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 96°4′40″W / 42.34167°N 96.07778°W / 42.34167; -96.07778Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 96°4′40″W / 42.34167°N 96.07778°W / 42.34167; -96.07778
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Woodbury
Elevation	1,135 ft (346 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	51015
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	455477

Climbing Hill is an unincorporated community in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,135 feet (346 m). The community was named by C. E. Ostrander, the first settler and postmaster, whose home was on high ground and could not be reached except by climbing a hill. The name was kept, though the community was moved several times and was finally located on level land around 1867.^[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 51015.^[2]

The community is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Climbing Hill, Iowa, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-04-30. Accessed 2008-04-08.
2. ^ Zip Code Lookup