Global InformationBuxton Historic Townsite information
Buxton Historic Townsite | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
   | |
| Nearest city | Lovilia, Iowa |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°09′30″N 92°49′16″W / 41.15833°N 92.82111°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 9, 1983 |
The Buxton Historic Townsite is a historical site located east of Lovilia, Iowa, United States in rural Monroe County. The unincorporated community was founded in 1895, developed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway as a coal mining company town to supply the railroad. It was a racially integrated community, in 1905 consisting of European immigrants and a majority-African American population, that was developed in the midst of southern Iowa coalfields.
With changes in the industry and conversion of locomotives to electric or diesel operations in the early 20th century, mining declined here. A large fire in 1916 added to the exodus of population as well. By 1927 the community had lost all of its residents. The town site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.