Festina, Iowa
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Festina, Iowa | |
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 St. Anthony of Padua Chapel is located southwest of Festina | |
  Festina, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa  Festina, Iowa Festina, Iowa (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°07′10″N 91°52′02″W / 43.11944°N 91.86722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Winneshiek |
| Elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 456582[1] |
Festina (also called Twin Springs) is an unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.[1][2]
It is located on Iowa Highway 150, 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Calmar.
In 1850–51, "a single house of entertainment, a kind of saloon" was located at Festina.[3]: 316
St. Mary's Catholic Church was established in 1854.[2] A school was attached in the 1880s.[3]
The settlement was platted in 1856.[3]
The Turkey River Bridge, formerly located southwest of Festina, was the third largest bowstring truss bridge in the United States. Built in 1873, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, then removed from the register in 2010 when it was demolished and replaced.[4][5]
The population in 1880 was 127. Around that time, Festina had a brewery, a public school, a post office, two general stores, and was described as lying "in a beautiful valley five miles south of Calmar".[3]: 316 A creamery was located at the settlement in 1894.[2]
The population was 160 in 1940.[6]
