Ricketts, IA

Remember a long time ago when Rick Show brought you the story of Rickardsville, IA?  Regardless, I've recently found out that there's another small town, Ricketts, IA, that I should make note of.  It's in Crawford county, in the western part of the state.  Population 145.

Ricketts was founded in 1899 as a result of the Boyer Railroad Company building a line in the county.  It is believed that the town got its name from a Mr Ricks that had recently died.  You can browse the rest of origins of the town here.

Rickardsville, IA

It wasn't until recently that I even knew this place existed.  And for that I am sorry.  And it's IN IOWA!!!

Per Wikipedia, Rickardsville is hovering a bit under 200 people and it's almost a square mile. 

  It is also a tough place to find much out about on the internet.  Apparently they don't believe in publicizing themselves online.

  I managed to find out that it was named for Salmon Rickard (h/t to La Salle Catholic School for putting some church history online to help me out a bit).   It is the proud (I hope) home of Avalon Service Center, so if any of you ever have a need for trailers, give them a ring.

(see?  there is it.)

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I would encourage you to scroll around the satellite map of the area.  The fields look cool.

Anybody know anything about Rickardsville, IA that we should know?