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Seymour, IA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Seymour  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Seymour Home page. The Seymour Home page provides as much information as possible on Seymour. Knowing Seymour’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Seymour’s Home page, you will also find Seymour’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Seymour has a population of 521. 47.2% of Seymour’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.8 are female. 48.8% of Seymour is married and 86.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $55,076, and the average rent is $510. Household median income in Seymour is $37,102, and the individual median income is $26,750. Seymour’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.4%), Multiple(4.6%), Hispanic(1.3%).


The first coal mines in Seymour were opened in 1884. In 1902, the Numa Block Coal Company took over these mines. In 1908 the largest coal mine in Appanoose-Wayne Coalfield was Numa Block number 2, known as "Big Jim." "Big Jim" was located just 1 mile east of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Depot, and was able to produce 100,000 tons of coal per year at full capacity.


The Mystic coal seam was just over 2 feet thick here, reached by a 202-foot long shaft. Numa Block Mine number 3, the Sunshine Mine, was in the southeast part of town, served by the Rock Island, with a 240-foot long shaft to the Mystic seam.In 1884, Local Assembly 3143 of the Knights of Labor, based in Seymour, had 40 members.


In 1912, United Mine Workers Local 206 in Seymour had 299 members, approximately 13% of the entire population.On March 6, 2017 an EF-2 tornado (confirmed by National Weather Service WFO, Des Moines, IA damage survey) hit Seymour at approximately 8:00 pm CST, damaging homes and the high school.


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