Preparation, Iowa

Ghost town in Iowa, USA

Ghost town in Iowa, United States

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GNIS feature ID1981929^[1]

Preparation, Iowa
ghost town
Preparation, Iowa
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Monona
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	712
GNIS feature ID	1981929^[1]

Preparation is a ghost town in Monona County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Preparation was located in Spring Valley Township.^[2]

History

Preparation was the first settlement in Spring Valley Township.^[2] Preparation was founded in 1853 by a schismatic Latter Day Saint sect led by Charles B. Thompson.^[3] The community was named from their belief that life on Earth was a preparation for the afterlife.^[4] A post office was established at Preparation in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.^[1]

In 1890, Preparation was home to "a store, post-office and smithy. According to the State census of 1885, the town at that time had a total population of 588, all of American birth with the exception of some ninety-seven, who are nearly all Scandinavians."^[2]

The site of Preparation is now a part of Preparation Canyon State Park.^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Preparation Post Office (historical)
1 2 3 History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States. Chicago, IL: National Publishing Company. 1890. pp. 270–274.
1 2 "Preparation Canyon State Park". Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 115.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Monona County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Onawa
Cities	Blencoe Castana Mapleton Moorhead Onawa Rodney Soldier Turin Ute Whiting	Map of Iowa highlighting Monona County
Townships	Ashton Belvidere Center Cooper Fairview Franklin Grant Jordan Kennebec Lake Lincoln Maple St. Clair Sherman Sioux Soldier Spring Valley West Fork Willow
Unincorporated communities	Albaton Ticonic
Ghost town	Preparation
Indian reservations	Omaha Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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