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Welcome to Hastie ...

Hastie is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hastie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Hastie is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hastie: 515

Communities near Hastie ...

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

  • Des Moines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ankeny
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • West Des Moines
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Urbandale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Johnston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Altoona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Clive
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Indianola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Grimes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwalk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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 Hastie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hastie.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hastie. 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 Hastie.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hastie ...

Looking for more information about Hastie? 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 Hastie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hastie.

Adding Hastie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hastie in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Hastie post office opened in 1883. The Hastie post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hastie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hastie - 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/