Arbor Hill, Iowa

Arbor Hill is an unincorporated community or ghost town[1] in Adair County, Iowa, United States.

[6] The community was once home to the Arbor Hill Co-Operative Creamery Company,[7] a blacksmith shop,[1] and a general store;[1] the Port Union Mill dam was located one half mile west of Arbor Hill, on the Middle River.

[8] The community (at that time known as Arborhill) was the site of the Seventh Annual Old Settlers and Old Soldiers Reunion, held on August 12, 13, and 14, 1908.

[9] The Methodist church in Greenfield, constructed in 1877, was built from lumber cut near Arbor Hill.

[13] In 2018, the Arbor Hill Wind Farm project began, with the MidAmerican Energy Company building enough wind turbines in Arbor Hill and nearby Orient to power 230,000 homes.

Adair County, showing the location of Arbor Hill in Iowa in 1903.
Map of Iowa highlighting Adair County