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Welcome to Bard ...

Bard is located in Louisa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Bard is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bard lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bard: 319

Communities Also Named Bard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bard - they are located in Arkansas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bard.

Communities near Bard ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bard.

  • Muscatine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wapello
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wapello is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
  • Columbus Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mediapolis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Tree
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Winfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fruitland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Morning Sun
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • New Boston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ainsworth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bard. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bard.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bard. See our Newspapers Page for Bard.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bard ...

Looking for more information about Bard? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bard.

Adding Bard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bard in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bard post office opened in 1876. The Bard post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/