Poplar Rural District


Poplar Rural District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly the area from Poplar south and west to Wolf Creek
Nearest city	Jacksonville, Iowa
Coordinates	41°40′28″N 95°06′29″W / 41.67444°N 95.10806°W / 41.67444; -95.10806Coordinates: 41°40′28″N 95°06′29″W / 41.67444°N 95.10806°W / 41.67444; -95.10806
Area	1,244.82 acres (503.76 ha)
MPS	Ethnic Historic Settlement of Shelby and Audubon Counties MPS
NRHP Reference #	91001463^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 9, 1992

The Poplar Rural District is a nationally recognized historic district located north of Jacksonville, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1] At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 55 resources, including 29 contributing buildings, one contributing site, five contributing structures, one contributing object, 15 non-contributing buildings, and four non-contributing structures.^[2] The 36 contributing resources include three houses, 12 barns, 14 outbuildings, which are all included as buildings. The three corn cribs and the two granaries/corn cribs are the structures. A concrete post fence line is the object, and the landscape of the district is the site. They are all associated with the largest rural settlement of Danish immigrants in the United States.^[2] The farmsteads are located on the hilltops or along the hillsides. The latter appear to be somewhat linked to the ethnic heritage of the Danish immigrants who tended to locate their farmsteads on sheltered hillsides. The period of significance starts with the construction of the original Jackson #1 schoolhouse in 1884, and concludes with the construction of the second Jackson #1 schoolhouse in 1923.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Roslea Johnson. "Poplar Rural District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-15. with photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Audubon County, Iowa

Audubon	Audubon County Court House Audubon County Home Historic District

Brayton	Andrew P. Hansen Farmstead

Exira	Audubon County Courthouse John D. Bush House

Kimballton	Bennedsen, Boldt, and Hansen Building Bethany Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Immanuel Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Hans J. Jorgensen Barn Kimballton Commercial District Kimballton West 2nd – West 3rd Street Residential District Hans M. Koch House Jens T. Larsen House

Jacksonville	Poplar Rural District

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Audubon County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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