Aredale is a city in Butler County, Iowa, United States.
The area surrounding the town had seen increasing settlement since the 1860s, and in 1890, the local dairy farmers pooled their resources to create a cheese making factory, which eventually helped the town develop enough to warrant the community its own post office and thus township rights.
The plat was recorded on June 28, 1900, by the Iowa and Minnesota Town Site Company.
Soon the town featured a number of competing lumberyards and stockyards, and the Aredale Savings and Loan was constructed in 1901.
[3] In April 2012. mayor Jeremy Minnier appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Host Leno and show guest Mel Gibson presented Minnier with a new town sign.
[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.56 km2), all land.
37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 27.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were no families and 5.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 14.8% of those over 64.
[10] It was established on July 1, 1995, by the merger of the Dumont and Hampton school districts.