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Welcome to Secor ...

So far, we found very little information about Secor. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Secor to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Secor, please Contact Us.

Secor would have been located within present day Hardin County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Secor is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Secor was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Secor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Secor - they are located in Colorado and Illinois.

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

Communities near Secor ...

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

  • Iowa Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Grundy Center
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Eldora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ackley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Conrad
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hubbard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Wellsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Zearing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Radcliffe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Albion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Secor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Secor 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 Secor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Secor post office opened in 1883. The Secor post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Secor.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Secor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Secor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/