Hesper in Winneshiek County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Hesper Community

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, May 1, 2019

1. hesper community Marker

Inscription. One of the oldest Society of Friends Congregations in Iowa organized here in 1855. First Meeting House built in 1856. Frame church erected on this site in 1879; destroyed by fire Oct. 22, 1904. Present church built in 1905. First Winneshiek County Fair held September, 1873, on the site one block north of Main Street intersection. Boyhood home of Hamlin Garland (1868-1870) author of “Son of the Middle Border” located two miles west.

Erected by Winneshiek County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1873.

Location. 43° 29.187′ N, 91° 46.307′ W. Marker is in Hesper, Iowa, in Winneshiek County. It is at the intersection of 380 Street (County Route 380) and 188th Ave (County Route 188), on the right on 380 Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Decorah IA 52101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeast Iowa — the Driftless Area

and in Eastern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country.

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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Locust School (approx. 5.1 miles away); Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.6 miles away in Minnesota); Painter-Bernatz Mill (approx. 12½ miles away); Conservation

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(approx. 12½ miles away); Timber Framing (approx. 12½ miles away); Blacksmith Shop (approx. 12.6 miles away); Stovewood House (approx. 12.6 miles away); Decorah: A Walk into the Past (approx. 12.6 miles away).

Friends Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, May 1, 2019

2. Friends Church

Hesper Centennial Monument and Hesper Community Market image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, May 1, 2019

3. Hesper Centennial Monument and Hesper Community Market

Long View of Hesper Centennial Monument and Hesper Community Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, May 1, 2019

4. Long View of Hesper Centennial Monument and Hesper Community Marker

Hesper Centennial Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Dean Meyer, May 1, 2019

5. Hesper Centennial Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2023, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 811 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 26, 2023, by Roger Dean Meyer of Yankton, South Dakota.