Burnside, Iowa
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Burnside | |
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  Burnside Location within the state of Iowa  Burnside Burnside (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°20′45″N 94°06′25″W / 42.34583°N 94.10694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Webster |
| Established | June 16, 1856[1] |
| Elevation | 1,139 ft (347 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 50521 |
| GNIS feature ID | 454998[2] |
Burnside is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Burnside has a post office with the ZIP code 50521.[3]
Present-day Burnside was laid out as a town named Buchanan on June 16, 1856. It was later renamed Hesperia.[1] A post office was established in 1875 and the town was an important stagecoach stop between Boone, Iowa and Humboldt, Iowa. The conductor of the first Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway train passing through town in 1882 was a friend of Ambrose Burnside, who had recently died. The town was renamed in his honor.[4]
Burnside's population was 63 in 1902.[5] The population was 83 in 1940.[6]
