{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = New York, Iowa |settlement_type = Ghost town |nickname = |motto =

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==History== A post office called New York was established in 1856 and remained in operation until 1903.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Wayne | title=Wayne County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> The community was named after the state of New York.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3ZshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343%2C73306 | title=Towns named after states | work=Reading Eagle | date=Jul 2, 1897 | accessdate=14 October 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> Old maps show two churches and a school as well as other buildings, but none of these structures still stand.<ref name="wayne.co.plat">{{cite book|title=Plat Book of Wayne County, Iowa|url=http://128.255.22.135/cdm/ref/collection/atlases/id/1570|page=23|publisher=North West Publishing Co.|year=1897|accessdate=2021-05-29}}</ref>

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Category:Geography of Wayne County, Iowa Category:Ghost towns in Iowa Category:1856 establishments in Iowa

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