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Housing Units (2000): 50
Land area (2000): 2.691015 sq. miles (6.969696 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.691015 sq. miles (6.969696 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37275
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.165178 N, 95.144213 W
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Iron Post
Wikipedia
Iron Post is a historic object located in New Albin, Iowa, United States. An Act of Congress on March 3, 1849 sought to resolve the boundary issue between the State of Iowa and the newly established Minnesota Territory. This cast iron post was placed here by Captain Thomas Lee of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. He determined that North latitude 43 degrees, 30 minutes was indeed the border between the two entities, which the United States Congress had designated on August 4, 1846 as Iowa's northern border. It also served as a correction for the townships that had been established below the line, and as a practical surveying base for the territory to the north from this point all the way to the Big Sioux River.
The post is an obelisk that rises . It is painted an aluminium color, and bears inscriptions on its four faces: "Iowa" (south), "Minnesota" (north), "1849" (east), and "Lat 43 degrees 30 minutes" (west). It was brought here across the frozen Mississippi River from Victory, Wisconsin by John Ross on a sled pulled by a team of oxen. The post was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Usage examples of "iron post".
Two hours into the afternoon he arrived at the iron post which marked that intersection known as Twitten's Corner.
When he opened his eyes he stood beside the tall iron post which marked Twitten's Corners, at the very heart of Forest Tantrevalles.
When he opened his eyes he stood beside the tall iron post which marked Twitten’.
Beside the intersection stood a massive iron post: almost a foot in diameter and eight feet tall.
I'd give every cent I have in the world to have someone bring me those keys--so I could get free of this cursed iron post.
An iron post near the end of the street out of which they came had several lamps on it, which were fixed in two rings hanging horizontally, one over the other.