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Welcome to Nansen ...

Nansen is located in Chickasaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nansen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Nansen is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Nansen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Nansen - they are located in Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Nansen ...

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

  • Cresco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • New Hampton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Nashua
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nashua is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <3>
  • Calmar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fredericksburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Elma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hawkeye
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hawkeye is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Spillville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nansen ...

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

Adding Nansen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nansen 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 Nansen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Nansen post office opened in 1897. The Nansen post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nansen.

Footnotes ...

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