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Hutchins was platted in 1893. The population of the community was 56 in 1902, and 25 in 1925.
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Hutchins dates to 1893
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1893
Hutchins dates its founding to 1893 (Wikipedia’s history).
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What they wrote about Hutchins in 1917
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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement ..1917 · page 290Read the page →
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HUTCHINS The plat of the small town of Hutchins was filed January 13, 1893. The owners of the land w^ere J. N. and L. G. Inman and it was surveyed by C. F. Vincent on October 29th and 30th, 1891. It included all of the part of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 35, Township 96, Range 26 West, south of the right of way of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. It is located in Orthel Township.
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1972Wesley sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hutchins.
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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