Frytown

Frytown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, approximately 10 miles southwest of Iowa City. The town has been known as Frytown since the 19th century, and is listed as such on state maps; the USGS once called it Williamstown, though it has since changed the name.[3][2]

Frytown, Iowa
Census-designated place
Frytown
Coordinates: 41°34′12″N 91°43′57″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyJohnson
Area
[1]
 • Total0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
 • Land0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
801 ft (244 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total193
 • Density238.27/sq mi (91.98/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)319
GNIS feature ID463065[2]

Frytown Conservation Area, a woodlands park belonging to Johnson County, is located about one mile northeast of Frytown.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2020193—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History

The cemetery on the east end of town has markers for the original Fry family, who were immigrants to the area, including Samuel Preston Fry (and wife Fionna Melinda Grosscup) and his father, Titus R Fry (wife, Jane Preston).Jacob Fry 1785–1842. Yoder is the other prominent name in the Church of Christ graveyard.

The population of Frytown/Williamstown was 35 in 1925.[5]

As of the 2010 Census, the population of Frytown was 165.[6]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. "Frytown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. Folks in Frytown say maps mistaken, USA Today, 26 Oct 2007, https://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-10-25-frytown_N.htm
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
  6. https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1929325


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