High_Amana,_Iowa

High Amana, Iowa

High Amana, Iowa

Census-designated place in Iowa, United States

High Amana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Iowa County, Iowa, United States, and is part of the "seven villages" of the Amana Colonies. As of the 2010 Census, the population of High Amana was 115.[3]

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Geography

High Amana is in northeastern Iowa County, 2 miles (3 km) west of Middle Amana and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of West Amana. It sits at the northern edge of the valley of the Iowa River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the High Amana CDP has an area of 0.39 square miles (1.00 km2), all land.[3]

Demographics

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History

This community was originally known as Hoch-Amana,[5][6] German for "High Amana", also inflected as Hohe-Amana. Its full name was Amana vor der Höhe, lit. 'Amana in front of the height/hill'.[7]

In 1881, High Amana contained a general store, sawmill, machine shop, and a blacksmith shop.[8]

References

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    "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
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    "High Amana IA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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    "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): High Amana CDP, Iowa". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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    Cronau, Rudolf (2010). Drei Jahrhunderte Deutschen Lebens in Amerika (in German). Severus. p. 293. ISBN 978-3-942382-31-1. Dörfer Amana, West-, Süd-, Ost-, Mittel- und Hoch-Amana und Heimstadt (Homestead) = "Villages of Amana, West Amana, South Amana, East Amana, Middle Amana, High Amana and Homestead".
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    Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (in German). G. Fischer Verlag. 1908. p. 49. Ich fuhr von Süd-Amana zuerst nach West-Amana, dann nach Amana vor der Höhe oder Hoch-Amana = "I drove from South Amana to West Amana, then to Amana vor der Höhe, or Hoch-Amana."
  7. [7]
    Ascoli, Max (1961). The Reporter. Vol. 24. Reporter Magazine. We drove up the hill from which High Amana derived its name (actually it was Amana vor der Höhe, Amana in front of the hill)
  8. [8]
    The History of Iowa County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Union Historical Company. 1881. pp. 766.


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