Dunreath, Iowa

White Walnut school in Dunreath. Dunreath was home to a Wabash Railroad Depot, the Red Rock Coal Mining Co, and a bustling business district. The town dwindled in the 1930s and 1940s, and the school closed in 1955.

About this community

Dam: Red Rock Dam
River: Des Moines River
Established: 1882
Inundated: 1969

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Sources

History Buffs of Marion County, "The Lost Towns Under Lake Red Rock."