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Marysville, Iowa
Location of Marysville, Iowa
Location of Marysville, Iowa
Country  United States
State  Iowa
County Marion
Area
 • Total 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
 • Land 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
745 ft (227 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 44
 • Density 81.63/sq mi (31.53/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50116
Area code(s) 641
FIPS code 19-50070
GNIS feature ID 2395036

Marysville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 44 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

Marysville is located on the north bank of Cedar Creek, 15 miles southeast of Knoxville, the county seat of Marion County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all of it land.

History

MarysvilleMines
Map of the Marysville area from 1908, showing the railroads and coal mines (shown in red) of the region. Marysville is in the lower left quadrant.

There are numerous coal exposures on the banks of the branches of Cedar Creek both north and south of Marysville. In 1846, one exposure south of Marysville was found to be on fire, and this fire continued until June 1851, when heavy rains and flooding extinguished the fire.

The county surveyor, Joseph Brobst, filed a plat for Marysville on March 4, 1851, creating 26 lots and a public square that was later subdivided into additional lots. Marysville was named after the 5 members of the Brobst family who were named Mary. Originally, the Marysville post office was named Ely or Ely's. A Methodist church was established in 1867, a weekly newspaper, the Marysville Miner, was established in 1871, and a woolen factory was opened in 1872. Marysville was officially incorporated as a town in the late 1870s, and by 1910, it had three general stores, a post office, a 4-teacher public school, and telephone service.

A five-foot bed of coal was exposed along North Cedar Creek about 2 miles north of Marysville, and by 1867, several coal banks were open in the Marysville area and Jacob Kline had opened a mine about a mile north of Marysville, where the coal was 10 feet thick. By 1908, eleven different mines had been worked in the Marysville area, primarily by the Mammoth Vein Coal Company, which took over from the O.K. Coal Company in 1903. The Wabash Railroad built a 7-mile spur line to serve the mines.

Everist

The coal camp of Everist, Iowa was located about 2 miles north of Marysville near 41°12′35″N 92°57′40.72″W / 41.20972°N 92.9613111°W / 41.20972; -92.9613111. The camp post office operated from 1905 to 1918. Everist served mines operated by the Mammoth Vein Coal Company and later the Empire Coal Company. Employment in 1914 was seasonal, varying from 90 to 300 men, and the mines at Everist shipped up to 800 carloads of coal per day circa 1914. The nearest railroad station was 6 miles away (by road) in Bussey. As is typical of coal camps, the coal company owned the houses in Everist and met the residents' needs through a company store. Scrip tokens for The Everist Mercantile Co. are occasionally found on the collectors' market. United Mine Workers local 981 was organized in Everist in 1905; by 1907, it had 480 members. Mine wages varied from $1.13 to $2.56 per day.

Demographics

Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1860 75 —    
1870 266 +254.7%
1880 340 +27.8%
1890 348 +2.4%
1900 322 −7.5%
1910 319 −0.9%
1920 234 −26.6%
1930 149 −36.3%
1940 203 +36.2%
1950 165 −18.7%
1960 113 −31.5%
1970 91 −19.5%
1980 84 −7.7%
1990 65 −22.6%
2000 54 −16.9%
2010 66 +22.2%
2020 44 −33.3%
Source: and Iowa Data Center
Source:
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 66 people, 23 households, and 21 families residing in the city. The population density was 178.4 inhabitants per square mile (68.9/km2). There were 29 housing units at an average density of 78.4 per square mile (30.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.9% White and 6.1% from two or more races.

There were 23 households, of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.6% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.7% were non-families. 8.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.05.

The median age in the city was 37.3 years. 30.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.7% were from 25 to 44; 24.2% were from 45 to 64; and 10.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.5% male and 48.5% female.

Education

The Twin Cedars Community School District operates local public schools.

See also

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