Clarinda, IA

CLARINDA is in the eastern central portion of the county [Page], on Nodaway River. It is laid out in the form of a square, around which are most of the business houses. It contains several churches, a very fine graded school building, which would do honor to a much larger place, an extensive woolen factory, a flour mill, a plow factory, three drug stores, seven general stores, four groceries and two hardware stores, besides many mechanical shops. It is a thriving and pleasant place, and is surrounded by some of the best farming lands of Western Iowa. Population, about 800. (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)