Get me lost in Iowa

[CarlHungus]

Anyone ever hit up Mudders in Minburn? I want to go, but I'm afraid I might get stabbed

 

[hawkeye_t]

Boyer, Iowa.

(3) tiny blocks and (1) bar.

I like the ratio.

Great bar. Is it still called the Country Pumpkin? Great greasy cheeseburgers and turkey gizzards in those big glass jars on the bar. We always tried to limit-out on pheasants by noon so we could stay at the Pumpkin all afternoon and drink PBR and Old Milwaukee.

 

[hawkeye_t]

Yetter in Sac County. GRain elevator, locker and 5 or 6 houses.

Claim to fame is there is a really old, cool 3 story house taht loks really out of place. It is empty but you can tell it was very expensive in its day. I was told that it was a brothel / casino used by Chicago's wealthy (and gansters) for overnight stop on their way to Veags and the West Coast back in the 30s and 40s.

That always made sense to me because it is close to both Highways 20 and 30 and is about a days drive from Chicago.

Yetter is in Calhoun County (just over the county line). Ulmer is the really little town in Sac County on the same rail line. They are both tiny.

 

[zdorr40]

Varina, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CyBer]

Kalmes Breaktime Bar & Grill in the middle of nowhere outside of Dubuque.

Been there.

 

[josh4isu]

beaman, iowa. one of the coolest highschool baseball fields i ever played at.

 

[ItsCyence]

There isn't much in Vincent in Webster County.

 

[cyclonesurveyor]

Totally know where Conover is at. Have some college friends that grew up on Conover Rd.

ha ha Napier. i worked at Ames Best Hybrids for a couple of years for ol' professor Paul Doak. i have no idea if that old school/seed plant is going.

 

[cyclonesurveyor]

Anyone ever hit up Mudders in Minburn? I want to go, but I'm afraid I might get stabbed

we would stop there when on a "cruise". little townie bar with nice townies.

 

[Torks Pub]

Holly Springs and Hornick in Woodbury County

Bluffton and Kendallville on the Upper Iowa River. Great places if you canoe.

Maysville, NW of Davenport

Thor, between Eagle Grove and Humboldt

Pilot Mound, north of Ogden. Had a great drunk there one night as a bunch of us from ISU stumbled into town and were treated to more alcohol by the locals. God bless 'em.

 

[wxman1]

Garwin, IA

Not much to do, a two bars, a restruant, a park, and a gas station.

Garwin is small but it is not nearly as small as a lot of these towns being brought up. I have a lot of family there, would hate to live there but that's mostly because I am a city boy.

 

[SwirlingFloater]

Tenville, IA

 

[isumills]

Monti, in southern Buchanan county. Has a church, cemetery, 5 houses and a hall that hosts weeding receptions and graduation parties.

Robinson, just east of Monti. Four houses, cemetery, and an old church/schoolhouse that they turned into a half court basketball gym. I use to go there all the time and play pick up games when in high school.

 

[Cy$]

Marne, McClelland

 

[cyadict]

St. Benedict. Greatest party town ever!

 

[ISpyCy]

Jacksonville (East of Harlan) is a recently-unincorporated town with it's own Municipal Swimming Pool....anybody from that area will know what I'm talking about.

 

[nwiafan]

Depew and Plover, IA...everyone in my family gets married and burried in one of em.

 

[mvsta]

How about Otranto, Iowa? One business, a church and about 10 homes---located 3 miles north and east of Carpenter and 3 miles south and west of Mona.

I grew up in Southern Otranto Proper---as I call it.

Speaking of Meyer, McIntire and Riceville--heck let's throw in Stacyville and New Haven too---was just went that way a couple Saturday evenings ago for a little road trip.

McIntire will always have a soft spot in my heart and my friends'---spent a few evenings back in the day at the Redman Inn---if you had money, you could drink and they were open on Thanksgiving Day night. How can you beat that?

 

[wartknight]

I'm taking control of this thread and saying the "town" doesn't count if it shows up in a school name. That rules out at least Riceville, Beaman, Garwin, and Traer at least.

 

[aauummm]

The Enterprise, IA thread got me thinking about this, and it is discussed to some extent in there. Any of us that grew up in rural Iowa had one of those "towns" nearby that are nothing more than a couple houses and maybe a store, a church, or a gas station. Most of them are probably unicorporated now, if they ever were. What's your's?

I had a couple of them. The first was Elon. It's now 4 houses and what's left of the building that used to be the Old Elon Store. It's about 7-8 miles east of Waukon, and is a suburb of Waterville. Waterville still has their elementary school, but the bank, the creamery, and the post office have all long since closed down. If you pass through either of these places, odds are you're on a road trip.

Looks like this year's winner of the best burger is a joint in Coon Rapids:
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