Coin, Iowa
city in Page County, Iowa, United States
Coin is a city in Page County, Iowa, United States. The population was 176 at the time of the 2020 census. The Wabash Trace—a railroad converted to a bicycle trail—passes through here.
History
Coin was platted in 1879, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line; it was a mile south of Snow Hill and on the opposite bank of the river. The origin of the name "Coin" is obscure.
Notable people
Charles Roy Henderson (1911–1989), statistician and a pioneer of animal breeding, was born in Coin
Geography
Coin is located along the Tarkio River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.80 square miles (2.07 km2), all of which is land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 176 people, 76 households, and 47 families residing in the city. The population density was 196.9 inhabitants per square mile (76.0/km2). There were 91 housing units at an average density of 101.8 per square mile (39.3/km2).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Coin, Iowa” as city in Page County, Iowa, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Page County, Iowa, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q586712. VIAF identifies the subject as 313496829. Authority coordinates are 40.657, -95.234. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1879, 1911 and 1989.
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