Near St. Paul in Henry County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Lincoln Presidential Campaign Flagpole

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 19, 2025

1. Lincoln Presidential Campaign Flagpole Marker

Inscription.
100’ foot flagpole raised here for Lincoln’s Presidential Campaign
July 28, 1860

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 28, 1860.

Location. 40° 49.535′ N, 91° 30.238′ W. Marker is near St. Paul, Iowa, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 330th Street, on the right when traveling north on Lexington Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: West Point IA 52656, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Honor of Our Nation's Bicentennial (approx. 7.9 miles away); Iowa Sesquicentennial (approx. 7.9 miles away); Replica of the Statue of Liberty

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(approx. 7.9 miles away); West Point Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 8 miles away); First Score and Select School (approx. 8.7 miles away); Railroad Items (approx. 8.7 miles away); Peterson Manufacturing Building (approx. 8.7 miles away); Henry County Court House (approx. 10 miles away).

Also see . . . A Lincoln Pole Rising. From the Iowa Genealogy website, this is an article from The Palimpsest (published in 1925) from the State Historical Society of Iowa. This talked about the event that took place all around Iowa - celebrating a political candidate, even though not everyone celebrated that person - especially as the nation was on the brink of Civil War. (Submitted on June 24, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by J Moran, May 19, 2022

2. Lincoln Presidential Campaign Flagpole Marker

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 19, 2025

3. Lincoln Presidential Campaign Flagpole Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2022. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 24, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. 2. submitted on September 9, 2022, by Joseph Moran of West Point, Iowa. 3. submitted on June 24, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.