Yorkshire, Iowa

Yorkshire is an unincorporated community in Harrison [County, Iowa|Harrison County], in the U.S. state of Iowa.

History

Yorkshire was founded with the arrival of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. [Paul Railroad]. Yorkshire was platted in June 1872 by the railroad company and a store was built soon thereafter. Yorkshire was the stop between Persia, Iowa, and Neola, Iowa. The Yorkshire Post Office opened on November 3, 1885, and a number of businesses soon followed.
Yorkshire's population was 25 in 1887, 30 in 1902, and 34 in 1925.
On June 3, 1925, a pair of tornadoes, estimated at F4 intensity on the Fujita scale, struck Yorkshire and nearby Persia. The damage was widespread in both communities, and in Yorkshire, the community "lost a depot, local store, church, schoolhouse and a number of residential homes." An infant was killed near Persia.
The population was 21 in 1940. The Yorkshire Post Office closed on October 30, 1943.