Mystic, Iowa

Mystic, Iowa
City
Location of Mystic, Iowa
Coordinates: 40°46′45″N 92°56′40″W
Country	USA
State	Iowa
County	Appanoose
Area [1]
• Total	2.94 sq mi (7.63 km^2)
• Land	2.94 sq mi (7.63 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km^2)
Elevation [2]	955 ft (291 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	322
• Density	109.38/sq mi (42.22/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	52574
Area code	641
FIPS code	19-55200
GNIS feature ID	2395146[2]

Mystic is a city in Iowa in the United States. Its population was 322 at the 2020 census.^[3] The United States Census Bureau says the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.6 km²). All of it is land.

History

At the end of the 19th century, "the valley of Walnut Creek was one long mining camp, known under different names, Jerome, Diamond, Mystic, Clarksdale, Rathbun and Darby" (later known as Darbyville).^[4] A. M. Elgin opened the first coal mine in the Mystic area in 1857. It was about 1.5 miles north of Mystic on Little Walnut Creek. The Mystic coal crack was seen on the surface there, and drifts were opened and left, over the next few decades until the hills were full with mines.

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mystic, Iowa
3. "Mystic city, Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
4. H. Foster Bain, Geology of Appanoose County, Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, 1895 Conway, Des Moines, 1896; page 389.