Mystic, Iowa

Mystic is a city in Iowa in the United States. Its population was 322 at the 2020 census. 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).H. Foster Bain, Geology of Appanoose County, Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, 1895 Conway, Des Moines, 1896; page 389.  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

Category:1889 establishments in Iowa
Category:Cities in Appanoose County, Iowa